Transmission apparatus, transmission method, reception apparatus, and reception method

ABSTRACT

The present technique relates to a transmission apparatus, a transmission method, a reception apparatus, and a reception method that can ensure favorable communication quality in data transmission using an LDPC code. LDPC coding is performed based on a check matrix of an LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 7/16 or 8/16. The LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, and the check matrix includes an information matrix corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix corresponding to the parity bits. The information matrix is represented by a check matrix initial value table. The check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix on the basis of 360 columns and is a predetermined table. The present technique can be applied to, for example, data transmission using the LDPC code.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present technique relates to a transmission apparatus, a transmission method, a reception apparatus, and a reception method, and particularly, to a transmission apparatus, a transmission method, a reception apparatus, and a reception method that can ensure favorable communication quality in, for example, data transmission using an LDPC code.

BACKGROUND ART

An LDPC (Low Density Parity Check) code exhibits high error correction capability, and in recent years, the LDPC code is widely adopted in a transmission system of digital broadcasting and the like, such as DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting)-S.2, DVB-T.2, and DVB-C.2 of Europe and the like and ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committee) 3.0 of the U.S.A. and the like (for example, see NPL 1).

It has been found in the study of recent years that by increasing the code length, the LDPC code can exhibit performance close to the Shannon limit, as in a turbo code and the like. In addition, the LDPC code is characterized in that the minimum distance is in proportion to the code length, and the block error rate characteristics are excellent. The LDPC code is also advantageous in that there is almost no so-called error floor phenomenon observed in the decoding characteristics of the turbo code and the like.

CITATION LIST Non Patent Literature

-   [NPL 1] -   ATSC Standard: Physical Layer Protocol (A/322), 7 Sep. 2016

SUMMARY Technical Problem

In the data transmission using the LDPC code, for example, the LDPC code is set (symbolized) as a symbol of quadrature modulation (digital modulation), such as QPSK (Quadrature Phase Shift Keying), and the symbol is mapped on a constellation point of the quadrature modulation and transmitted.

The data transmission using the LDPC code is expanding worldwide, and there is a demand for ensuring favorable communication (transmission) quality.

The present technique has been made in view of the circumstances, and the present technique enables to ensure favorable communication quality in data transmission using an LDPC code.

Solution to Problem

The present technique provides a first transmission apparatus/method including a coding unit/step of performing LDPC coding based on a check matrix of an LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 7/16, in which the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including

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In the first transmission apparatus/method, the LDPC coding is performed based on the check matrix of the LDPC code with the code length N of 69120 bits and the code rate r of 7/16. The LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including

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The present technique provides a first reception apparatus/method including a decoding unit/step of decoding an LDPC code obtained from data transmitted from a transmission apparatus, the transmission apparatus including a coding unit performing LDPC coding based on a check matrix of the LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 7/16, in which the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including

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2779 15412 34159

3571 29931 32092.

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420 1601 4105 10709 11003 19228 21225 21427 21627 22632 23597 24691 24876 27272 30053 30632 37024 37337 38287 38865

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7656 19444 25085

6267 28863 36436

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12205 23370 30549

14780 27173 29844

8279 20595 21487

4138 6047 26339

9456 11906 20885

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1454 9194 30263

1231 8351 23181

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21186 22194 28560

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13912 17866 28143

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4557 6863 14336

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1050 21873 30442

2306 18242 28443

5814 9730 22265

1208 6778 7945

7738 14314 14752

26797 35849 37481

10778 14777 37667

2552 23380 26101

2779 15412 34159

3571 29931 32092.

The present technique provides a second transmission apparatus/method including a coding unit/step of performing LDPC coding based on a check matrix of an LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 7/16, in which the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including

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3409 4491 5576 6779 8290 9295 10165 10287 12457 13052 15649 18861 22798 24303 27720 28767 31148 32645 33114 34014 34571

1346 3203 4376 8828 12144 12192 14471 15695 16838 16973 19039 20649 20772 22260 22370 23704 26220 30178 31953 32499 38758

1999 2724 2805 5711 5722 8176 8583 12845 13604 14529 16195 19312 19612 19892 22950 23697 24556 26319 27521 27582 31615

5209 8943 9877 10643 10853 11048 13651 17069 17210 19068 22040 23883 25579 28354 28597 29409 29457 31169 34228 36180 38572

271 910 4894 5838 7166 9457 12559 12752 16661 16732 19190 21313 21378 24410 25551 25708 28928 30537 30682 31552 37906

131 4378 6224 8143 9240 11696 14292 14520 19337 22025 26069 27418 29338 31791 32164 32573 33547 34934 36289 37163 37319

1756 4041 7413 9799 10173 10574 11704 12500 13043 14811 15087 15521 16177 18453 18681 28169 30555 31106 32511 34350 37236

589 2827 3183 4406 12246 13112 16739 17616 17952 20154 21240 21938 23145 24248 26189 27216 27386 31623 32819 36361 38005

1214 1245 1755 1940 6822 6895 7750 8687 11684 11802 12942 13362 16423 18240 19600 21676 23939 28782 35714 37597 38146

286 5126 6405 6586 9097 10975 12268 12805 14506 14744 17117 18827 26361 26441 27256 28757 29140 29568 31553 37795 38655

961 2442 3434 3890 4209 4320 6417 6430 7180 9265 20461 21026 27325 31207 33765 36370 36500 36977 38064 38244 38418

5836 8876 9094 9332 13613 13780 14565 15475 15887 16458 16489 16776 18723 21934 24271 24363 25696 27794 37030 38030

2707 3249 3740 7503 10158 11464 12834 14675 18245 18332 18888 20213 23130 25452 29019 30588 32027 34057 34209 38495

381 570 3671 10027 10746 11751 12139 18163 19455 19681 20051 23763 25300 26984 27021 28070 28763 30826 33291 37391

8609 10336 10568 11672 12691 13250 15095 15785 18246 20835 21516 24332 24612 25226 27732 28106 32122 32676 33437 36733

2063 3030 4285 4466 7200 10031 14609 15378 16363 20611 20757 21235 21420 22476 24313 24319 28117 29270 34947 38242

425 1528 3005 4946 5624 6809 11163 11656 14898 16555 19289 20411 22140 23168 27381 28648 31395 34424 37450 37775

7763 12513 14792 20465

3337 4306 13225 26639

3511 4168 7745 18770

3034 26440 31723 32582

2458 13276 28213 34317

4590 5331 9772 22678

6678 16422 17052 22284

4795 7956 23271 34038

5100 15330 23420 23750

20996 25124 29783 38015

3207 5296 6461 26697

16855 27613 31134 31686

645 9868 18039 29836

2837 27058 32786 37066

5648 25181 31874 35839

1831 21924 31081 33927

5649 7669 15910 33928

1748 10198 33744 35288

2171 17317 31053

11028 20243 35491

17583 20154 34159

17839 23678 37001

4358 14031 25177

12213 18527 26206

1897 9338 17717

9315 20885 34713

26252 29369 36804

1535 19475 31065

11508 26408 34731

4430 11634 38416

8986 11977 34069

17765 24479 30156

1099 26782 31497

981 18470 28248

9162 13600 19481

5511 19553 30120

2299 35420 38187

1631 10361 36516

10702 24063 37997

26964 33568 33761

10905 13637 24483

12467 16884 21722

4981 23353 24018

6032 23198 29021

9021 11723 19411

12601 22896 32001

5407 20108 22816

21401 22681 23327

15260 23228 25012

12631 18459 34837

14055 27588 37191

6994 7622 19062

26176 31883 35168

29635 34213 34806

271 7694 36198

28822 31540 36325

5327 14023 35685

5336 5992 29716

2240 19183 21378

6970 21252 23374

8500 19154 29238

5559 6658 16206

18842 34518 34742

729 10571 34149

1654 2000 35507

12555 29469 38762.

The present technique provides a second reception apparatus/method including a decoding unit/step of decoding an LDPC code obtained from data transmitted from a transmission apparatus, the transmission apparatus including a coding unit performing LDPC coding based on a check matrix of the LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 7/16, in which the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including

3781 6916 6934 11478 12245 13955 15314 15521 16710 18163 21883 24658 26586 27981 28648 31274 31994 34499 37654 38089 38646

3409 4491 5576 6779 8290 9295 10165 10287 12457 13052 15649 18861 22798 24303 27720 28767 31148 32645 33114 34014 34571

1346 3203 4376 8828 12144 12192 14471 15695 16838 16973 19039 20649 20772 22260 22370 23704 26220 30178 31953 32499 38758

1999 2724 2805 5711 5722 8176 8583 12845 13604 14529 16195 19312 19612 19892 22950 23697 24556 26319 27521 27582 31615

5209 8943 9877 10643 10853 11048 13651 17069 17210 19068 22040 23883 25579 28354 28597 29409 29457 31169 34228 36180 38572

271 910 4894 5838 7166 9457 12559 12752 16661 16732 19190 21313 21378 24410 25551 25708 28928 30537 30682 31552 37906

131 4378 6224 8143 9240 11696 14292 14520 19337 22025 26069 27418 29338 31791 32164 32573 33547 34934 36289 37163 37319

1756 4041 7413 9799 10173 10574 11704 12500 13043 14811 15087 15521 16177 18453 18681 28169 30555 31106 32511 34350 37236

589 2827 3183 4406 12246 13112 16739 17616 17952 20154 21240 21938 23145 24248 26189 27216 27386 31623 32819 36361 38005

1214 1245 1755 1940 6822 6895 7750 8687 11684 11802 12942 13362 16423 18240 19600 21676 23939 28782 35714 37597 38146

286 5126 6405 6586 9097 10975 12268 12805 14506 14744 17117 18827 26361 26441 27256 28757 29140 29568 31553 37795 38655

961 2442 3434 3890 4209 4320 6417 6430 7180 9265 20461 21026 27325 31207 33765 36370 36500 36977 38064 38244 38418

5836 8876 9094 9332 13613 13780 14565 15475 15887 16458 16489 16776 18723 21934 24271 24363 25696 27794 37030 38030

2707 3249 3740 7503 10158 11464 12834 14675 18245 18332 18888 20213 23130 25452 29019 30588 32027 34057 34209 38495

381 570 3671 10027 10746 11751 12139 18163 19455 19681 20051 23763 25300 26984 27021 28070 28763 30826 33291 37391

8609 10336 10568 11672 12691 13250 15095 15785 18246 20835 21516 24332 24612 25226 27732 28106 32122 32676 33437 36733

2063 3030 4285 4466 7200 10031 14609 15378 16363 20611 20757 21235 21420 22476 24313 24319 28117 29270 34947 38242

425 1528 3005 4946 5624 6809 11163 11656 14898 16555 19289 20411 22140 23168 27381 28648 31395 34424 37450 37775

7763 12513 14792 20465

3337 4306 13225 26639

3511 4168 7745 18770

3034 26440 31723 32582

2458 13276 28213 34317

4590 5331 9772 22678

6678 16422 17052 22284

4795 7956 23271 34038

5100 15330 23420 23750

20996 25124 29783 38015

3207 5296 6461 26697

16855 27613 31134 31686

645 9868 18039 29836

2837 27058 32786 37066

5648 25181 31874 35839

1831 21924 31081 33927

5649 7669 15910 33928

1748 10198 33744 35288

2171 17317 31053

11028 20243 35491

17583 20154 34159

17839 23678 37001

4358 14031 25177

12213 18527 26206

1897 9338 17717

9315 20885 34713

26252 29369 36804

1535 19475 31065

11508 26408 34731

4430 11634 38416

8986 11977 34069

17765 24479 30156

1099 26782 31497

981 18470 28248

9162 13600 19481

5511 19553 30120

2299 35420 38187

1631 10361 36516

10702 24063 37997

26964 33568 33761

10905 13637 24483

12467 16884 21722

4981 23353 24018

6032 23198 29021

9021 11723 19411

12601 22896 32001

5407 20108 22816

21401 22681 23327

15260 23228 25012

12631 18459 34837

14055 27588 37191

6994 7622 19062

26176 31883 35168

29635 34213 34806

271 7694 36198

28822 31540 36325

5327 14023 35685

5336 5992 29716

2240 19183 21378

6970 21252 23374

8500 19154 29238

5559 6658 16206

18842 34518 34742

729 10571 34149

1654 2000 35507

12555 29469 38762.

In the second reception apparatus/method, the LDPC code obtained from the data transmitted from the transmission apparatus is decoded, the transmission apparatus including the coding unit performing the LDPC coding based on the check matrix of the LDPC code with the code length N of 69120 bits and the code rate r of 7/16, in which the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including

3781 6916 6934 11478 12245 13955 15314 15521 16710 18163 21883 24658 26586 27981 28648 31274 31994 34499 37654 38089 38646

3409 4491 5576 6779 8290 9295 10165 10287 12457 13052 15649 18861 22798 24303 27720 28767 31148 32645 33114 34014 34571

1346 3203 4376 8828 12144 12192 14471 15695 16838 16973 19039 20649 20772 22260 22370 23704 26220 30178 31953 32499 38758

1999 2724 2805 5711 5722 8176 8583 12845 13604 14529 16195 19312 19612 19892 22950 23697 24556 26319 27521 27582 31615

5209 8943 9877 10643 10853 11048 13651 17069 17210 19068 22040 23883 25579 28354 28597 29409 29457 31169 34228 36180 38572

271 910 4894 5838 7166 9457 12559 12752 16661 16732 19190 21313 21378 24410 25551 25708 28928 30537 30682 31552 37906

131 4378 6224 8143 9240 11696 14292 14520 19337 22025 26069 27418 29338 31791 32164 32573 33547 34934 36289 37163 37319

1756 4041 7413 9799 10173 10574 11704 12500 13043 14811 15087 15521 16177 18453 18681 28169 30555 31106 32511 34350 37236

589 2827 3183 4406 12246 13112 16739 17616 17952 20154 21240 21938 23145 24248 26189 27216 27386 31623 32819 36361 38005

1214 1245 1755 1940 6822 6895 7750 8687 11684 11802 12942 13362 16423 18240 19600 21676 23939 28782 35714 37597 38146

286 5126 6405 6586 9097 10975 12268 12805 14506 14744 17117 18827 26361 26441 27256 28757 29140 29568 31553 37795 38655

961 2442 3434 3890 4209 4320 6417 6430 7180 9265 20461 21026 27325 31207 33765 36370 36500 36977 38064 38244 38418

5836 8876 9094 9332 13613 13780 14565 15475 15887 16458 16489 16776 18723 21934 24271 24363 25696 27794 37030 38030

2707 3249 3740 7503 10158 11464 12834 14675 18245 18332 18888 20213 23130 25452 29019 30588 32027 34057 34209 38495

381 570 3671 10027 10746 11751 12139 18163 19455 19681 20051 23763 25300 26984 27021 28070 28763 30826 33291 37391

8609 10336 10568 11672 12691 13250 15095 15785 18246 20835 21516 24332 24612 25226 27732 28106 32122 32676 33437 36733

2063 3030 4285 4466 7200 10031 14609 15378 16363 20611 20757 21235 21420 22476 24313 24319 28117 29270 34947 38242

425 1528 3005 4946 5624 6809 11163 11656 14898 16555 19289 20411 22140 23168 27381 28648 31395 34424 37450 37775

7763 12513 14792 20465

3337 4306 13225 26639

3511 4168 7745 18770

3034 26440 31723 32582

2458 13276 28213 34317

4590 5331 9772 22678

6678 16422 17052 22284

4795 7956 23271 34038

5100 15330 23420 23750

20996 25124 29783 38015

3207 5296 6461 26697

16855 27613 31134 31686

645 9868 18039 29836

2837 27058 32786 37066

5648 25181 31874 35839

1831 21924 31081 33927

5649 7669 15910 33928

1748 10198 33744 35288

2171 17317 31053

11028 20243 35491

17583 20154 34159

17839 23678 37001

4358 14031 25177

12213 18527 26206

1897 9338 17717

9315 20885 34713

26252 29369 36804

1535 19475 31065

11508 26408 34731

4430 11634 38416

8986 11977 34069

17765 24479 30156

1099 26782 31497

981 18470 28248

9162 13600 19481

5511 19553 30120

2299 35420 38187

1631 10361 36516

10702 24063 37997

26964 33568 33761

10905 13637 24483

12467 16884 21722

4981 23353 24018

6032 23198 29021

9021 11723 19411

12601 22896 32001

5407 20108 22816

21401 22681 23327

15260 23228 25012

12631 18459 34837

14055 27588 37191

6994 7622 19062

26176 31883 35168

29635 34213 34806

271 7694 36198

28822 31540 36325

5327 14023 35685

5336 5992 29716

2240 19183 21378

6970 21252 23374

8500 19154 29238

5559 6658 16206

18842 34518 34742

729 10571 34149

1654 2000 35507

12555 29469 38762.

The present technique provides a third transmission apparatus/method including a coding unit/step of performing LDPC coding based on a check matrix of an LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 8/16, in which the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including

1850 4176 4190 7294 8168 8405 9258 9710 13440 16304 16600 18184 18834 19899 22513 25068 26659 27137 27232 29186 29667 30549 31428 33634

2477 2543 5094 8081 9573 10269 11276 11439 13016 13327 16717 18042 19362 19721 20089 20425 20503 21396 24677 24722 28703 32486 32759 33630

1930 2158 2315 2683 3818 4883 5252 5505 8760 9580 11867 13117 14566 15639 17273 18820 21069 24945 25667 26785 30678 31271 33003 33244

1279 1491 2038 2347 2432 4336 4905 6588 7507 7666 8775 9172 10405 12249 12270 12373 12936 13046 13364 15130 17597 22855 27548 32895

620 1897 3775 5552 6799 7621 10167 10172 10615 11367 12093 13241 15426 16623 19467 19792 22069 22370 24472 24594 25205 25954 27800 29422

582 1618 4673 5809 6318 6883 8051 12335 12409 13176 14078 15206 17580 18624 18876 19079 20786 21177 25894 26395 27377 27757 30167 31971

1157 2189 4160 4480 5055 8961 9171 9444 10533 11581 12904 14256 14620 15773 16232 17598 19756 21134 21443 22559 23258 25137 25555 28150

987 1258 1269 2394 4859 5642 5705 6093 6408 7734 8804 10657 11946 16132 20267 25402 26505 26548 27060 29767 29780 31915 31966 33590

1010 1363 1626 5283 6356 10961 12418 14332 14362 16288 16303 16592 17096 20115 20285 20478 21774 22165 22425 23198 25048 25596 31540 32841

895 2743 2912 4971 8803 11183 14500 14617 14638 16776 17901 18622 20244 20845 22214 25676 26161 26281 29978 30392 30922 31542 32038 32443

188 260 411 2823 5512 5645 10019 11856 12671 14273 14673 16091 16169 22333 22934 22945 23542 26503 27159 27279 28277 30114 31626 32722

357 516 3530 4317 8587 9491 10348 11330 13446 14533 15423 17003 17217 19127 20088 20750 21767 22386 24021 27749 29008 29376 30329 32940

2909 3036 4875 9967 10632 12069 12410 14004 14628 15605 15852 18231 18657 19705 20620 22241 29575 29656 31246 32190 32781 33489 33842 34492

4242 5461 5577 7662 11130 13663 17240 17773 18339 19400 22905 24219 25464 25890 26359 27121 27318 27840 30800 32587 32924 33427 33940 34058

421 2222 3457 5257 5600 10147 12754 17380 18854 20333 20345 20752 24578 25196 25638 25725 25822 27610 28006 28563 29632 29973 29991 34166

41 207 1043 4650 5387 6826 7261 8687 9092 10775 11446 12596 16613 19463 20923 24155 24927 25384 26064 27377 28094 32578 32639 34115

1050 5731 15820 16281 26130 29314

5980 6161 14479 22181 22537 32924

7828 9134 11297 17143 25449 29674

8299 10457 14486 21548 22510 32039

1527 7792 10424 19166 29302 29768

5823 13974 21254 21506 25658 29491

6285 9873 12846 14474 17005 29377

1740 4929 8285 20994 32271 34522

12862 16827 22427 23369 27051 30378

4787 10372 10408 12091 20349 26162

6659 22752 24697 28261 28917 32536

6788 15367 21778 28916 30324 33927

7181 12373 21912 24703 28680 34045

2238 4945 14336 19270 29574 33459

10283 15311 17440 24599 24867 28293

324 5264 5375 6581 24348 30288

3112 7656 23825

21624 22318 22633

5284 19790 22758

2700 4039 12576

17028 17520 19579

11914 17834 33989

2199 5502 7184

22 20701 26497

5551 27014 32876

4019 26547 28521

7580 10016 33855

4328 11674 34018

8491 9956 10029

6167 11267 24914

5317 9049 29657

20717 28724 33012

16841 21647 31096

11931 16278 20287

9402 10557 11008

11826 15349 34420

14369 17031 20597

19164 27947 29775

15537 18796 33662

5404 21027 26757

6269 12671 24309

8601 29048 29262

10099 20323 21457

15952 17074 30434

7597 20987 33095

11298 24182 29217

12055 16250 16971

5350 9354 31390

8168 14168 18570

5448 13141 32381

3921 21113 28176

8756 19895 27917

9391 16617 25586

3357 18527 34238

2378 16840 28948

7470 27466 32928

8366 19376 30916

3116 7267 18016

15309 18445 21799

4731 23773 34546

260 4898 5180

8897 22266 29587

2539 23717 33142

19233 28750 29724

9937 15384 16599

10234 17089 26776

8869 9425 13658

6197 24086 31929

9237 20931 27785

10403 13822 16734

20038 21196 26868

13170 27813 28875

1110 20329 24508

11844 22662 28987

2891 2918 14512

15707 27399 34135

8687 20019 26178

6847 8903 16307

23737 23775 27776

17388 27970 31983.

In the third transmission apparatus/method, the LDPC coding is performed based on the check matrix of the LDPC code with the code length N of 69120 bits and the code rate r of 8/16. The LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including

1850 4176 4190 7294 8168 8405 9258 9710 13440 16304 16600 18184 18834 19899 22513 25068 26659 27137 27232 29186 29667 30549 31428 33634

2477 2543 5094 8081 9573 10269 11276 11439 13016 13327 16717 18042 19362 19721 20089 20425 20503 21396 24677 24722 28703 32486 32759 33630

1930 2158 2315 2683 3818 4883 5252 5505 8760 9580 11867 13117 14566 15639 17273 18820 21069 24945 25667 26785 30678 31271 33003 33244

1279 1491 2038 2347 2432 4336 4905 6588 7507 7666 8775 9172 10405 12249 12270 12373 12936 13046 13364 15130 17597 22855 27548 32895

620 1897 3775 5552 6799 7621 10167 10172 10615 11367 12093 13241 15426 16623 19467 19792 22069 22370 24472 24594 25205 25954 27800 29422

582 1618 4673 5809 6318 6883 8051 12335 12409 13176 14078 15206 17580 18624 18876 19079 20786 21177 25894 26395 27377 27757 30167 31971

1157 2189 4160 4480 5055 8961 9171 9444 10533 11581 12904 14256 14620 15773 16232 17598 19756 21134 21443 22559 23258 25137 25555 28150

987 1258 1269 2394 4859 5642 5705 6093 6408 7734 8804 10657 11946 16132 20267 25402 26505 26548 27060 29767 29780 31915 31966 33590

1010 1363 1626 5283 6356 10961 12418 14332 14362 16288 16303 16592 17096 20115 20285 20478 21774 22165 22425 23198 25048 25596 31540 32841

895 2743 2912 4971 8803 11183 14500 14617 14638 16776 17901 18622 20244 20845 22214 25676 26161 26281 29978 30392 30922 31542 32038 32443

188 260 411 2823 5512 5645 10019 11856 12671 14273 14673 16091 16169 22333 22934 22945 23542 26503 27159 27279 28277 30114 31626 32722

357 516 3530 4317 8587 9491 10348 11330 13446 14533 15423 17003 17217 19127 20088 20750 21767 22386 24021 27749 29008 29376 30329 32940

2909 3036 4875 9967 10632 12069 12410 14004 14628 15605 15852 18231 18657 19705 20620 22241 29575 29656 31246 32190 32781 33489 33842 34492

4242 5461 5577 7662 11130 13663 17240 17773 18339 19400 22905 24219 25464 25890 26359 27121 27318 27840 30800 32587 32924 33427 33940 34058

421 2222 3457 5257 5600 10147 12754 17380 18854 20333 20345 20752 24578 25196 25638 25725 25822 27610 28006 28563 29632 29973 29991 34166

41 207 1043 4650 5387 6826 7261 8687 9092 10775 11446 12596 16613 19463 20923 24155 24927 25384 26064 27377 28094 32578 32639 34115

1050 5731 15820 16281 26130 29314

5980 6161 14479 22181 22537 32924

7828 9134 11297 17143 25449 29674

8299 10457 14486 21548 22510 32039

1527 7792 10424 19166 29302 29768

5823 13974 21254 21506 25658 29491

6285 9873 12846 14474 17005 29377

1740 4929 8285 20994 32271 34522

12862 16827 22427 23369 27051 30378

4787 10372 10408 12091 20349 26162

6659 22752 24697 28261 28917 32536

6788 15367 21778 28916 30324 33927

7181 12373 21912 24703 28680 34045

2238 4945 14336 19270 29574 33459

10283 15311 17440 24599 24867 28293

324 5264 5375 6581 24348 30288

3112 7656 23825

21624 22318 22633

5284 19790 22758

2700 4039 12576

17028 17520 19579

11914 17834 33989

2199 5502 7184

22 20701 26497

5551 27014 32876

4019 26547 28521

7580 10016 33855

4328 11674 34018

8491 9956 10029

6167 11267 24914

5317 9049 29657

20717 28724 33012

16841 21647 31096

11931 16278 20287

9402 10557 11008

11826 15349 34420

14369 17031 20597

19164 27947 29775

15537 18796 33662

5404 21027 26757

6269 12671 24309

8601 29048 29262

10099 20323 21457

15952 17074 30434

7597 20987 33095

11298 24182 29217

12055 16250 16971

5350 9354 31390

8168 14168 18570

5448 13141 32381

3921 21113 28176

8756 19895 27917

9391 16617 25586

3357 18527 34238

2378 16840 28948

7470 27466 32928

8366 19376 30916

3116 7267 18016

15309 18445 21799

4731 23773 34546

260 4898 5180

8897 22266 29587

2539 23717 33142

19233 28750 29724

9937 15384 16599

10234 17089 26776

8869 9425 13658

6197 24086 31929

9237 20931 27785

10403 13822 16734

20038 21196 26868

13170 27813 28875

1110 20329 24508

11844 22662 28987

2891 2918 14512

15707 27399 34135

8687 20019 26178

6847 8903 16307

23737 23775 27776

17388 27970 31983.

The present technique provides a third reception apparatus/method including a decoding unit/step of decoding an LDPC code obtained from data transmitted from a transmission apparatus, the transmission apparatus including a coding unit performing LDPC coding based on a check matrix of the LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 8/16, in which the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including

1850 4176 4190 7294 8168 8405 9258 9710 13440 16304 16600 18184 18834 19899 22513 25068 26659 27137 27232 29186 29667 30549 31428 33634

2477 2543 5094 8081 9573 10269 11276 11439 13016 13327 16717 18042 19362 19721 20089 20425 20503 21396 24677 24722 28703 32486 32759 33630

1930 2158 2315 2683 3818 4883 5252 5505 8760 9580 11867 13117 14566 15639 17273 18820 21069 24945 25667 26785 30678 31271 33003 33244

1279 1491 2038 2347 2432 4336 4905 6588 7507 7666 8775 9172 10405 12249 12270 12373 12936 13046 13364 15130 17597 22855 27548 32895

620 1897 3775 5552 6799 7621 10167 10172 10615 11367 12093 13241 15426 16623 19467 19792 22069 22370 24472 24594 25205 25954 27800 29422

582 1618 4673 5809 6318 6883 8051 12335 12409 13176 14078 15206 17580 18624 18876 19079 20786 21177 25894 26395 27377 27757 30167 31971

1157 2189 4160 4480 5055 8961 9171 9444 10533 11581 12904 14256 14620 15773 16232 17598 19756 21134 21443 22559 23258 25137 25555 28150

987 1258 1269 2394 4859 5642 5705 6093 6408 7734 8804 10657 11946 16132 20267 25402 26505 26548 27060 29767 29780 31915 31966 33590

1010 1363 1626 5283 6356 10961 12418 14332 14362 16288 16303 16592 17096 20115 20285 20478 21774 22165 22425 23198 25048 25596 31540 32841

895 2743 2912 4971 8803 11183 14500 14617 14638 16776 17901 18622 20244 20845 22214 25676 26161 26281 29978 30392 30922 31542 32038 32443

188 260 411 2823 5512 5645 10019 11856 12671 14273 14673 16091 16169 22333 22934 22945 23542 26503 27159 27279 28277 30114 31626 32722

357 516 3530 4317 8587 9491 10348 11330 13446 14533 15423 17003 17217 19127 20088 20750 21767 22386 24021 27749 29008 29376 30329 32940

2909 3036 4875 9967 10632 12069 12410 14004 14628 15605 15852 18231 18657 19705 20620 22241 29575 29656 31246 32190 32781 33489 33842 34492

4242 5461 5577 7662 11130 13663 17240 17773 18339 19400 22905 24219 25464 25890 26359 27121 27318 27840 30800 32587 32924 33427 33940 34058

421 2222 3457 5257 5600 10147 12754 17380 18854 20333 20345 20752 24578 25196 25638 25725 25822 27610 28006 28563 29632 29973 29991 34166

41 207 1043 4650 5387 6826 7261 8687 9092 10775 11446 12596 16613 19463 20923 24155 24927 25384 26064 27377 28094 32578 32639 34115

1050 5731 15820 16281 26130 29314

5980 6161 14479 22181 22537 32924

7828 9134 11297 17143 25449 29674

8299 10457 14486 21548 22510 32039

1527 7792 10424 19166 29302 29768

5823 13974 21254 21506 25658 29491

6285 9873 12846 14474 17005 29377

1740 4929 8285 20994 32271 34522

12862 16827 22427 23369 27051 30378

4787 10372 10408 12091 20349 26162

6659 22752 24697 28261 28917 32536

6788 15367 21778 28916 30324 33927

7181 12373 21912 24703 28680 34045

2238 4945 14336 19270 29574 33459

10283 15311 17440 24599 24867 28293

324 5264 5375 6581 24348 30288

3112 7656 23825

21624 22318 22633

5284 19790 22758

2700 4039 12576

17028 17520 19579

11914 17834 33989

2199 5502 7184

22 20701 26497

5551 27014 32876

4019 26547 28521

7580 10016 33855

4328 11674 34018

8491 9956 10029

6167 11267 24914

5317 9049 29657

20717 28724 33012

16841 21647 31096

11931 16278 20287

9402 10557 11008

11826 15349 34420

14369 17031 20597

19164 27947 29775

15537 18796 33662

5404 21027 26757

6269 12671 24309

8601 29048 29262

10099 20323 21457

15952 17074 30434

7597 20987 33095

11298 24182 29217

12055 16250 16971

5350 9354 31390

8168 14168 18570

5448 13141 32381

3921 21113 28176

8756 19895 27917

9391 16617 25586

3357 18527 34238

2378 16840 28948

7470 27466 32928

8366 19376 30916

3116 7267 18016

15309 18445 21799

4731 23773 34546

260 4898 5180

8897 22266 29587

2539 23717 33142

19233 28750 29724

9937 15384 16599

10234 17089 26776

8869 9425 13658

6197 24086 31929

9237 20931 27785

10403 13822 16734

20038 21196 26868

13170 27813 28875

1110 20329 24508

11844 22662 28987

2891 2918 14512

15707 27399 34135

8687 20019 26178

6847 8903 16307

23737 23775 27776

17388 27970 31983.

In the third reception apparatus/method, the LDPC code obtained from the data transmitted from the transmission apparatus is decoded, the transmission apparatus including the coding unit performing the LDPC coding based on the check matrix of the LDPC code with the code length N of 69120 bits and the code rate r of 8/16, in which the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including

1850 4176 4190 7294 8168 8405 9258 9710 13440 16304 16600 18184 18834 19899 22513 25068 26659 27137 27232 29186 29667 30549 31428 33634

2477 2543 5094 8081 9573 10269 11276 11439 13016 13327 16717 18042 19362 19721 20089 20425 20503 21396 24677 24722 28703 32486 32759 33630

1930 2158 2315 2683 3818 4883 5252 5505 8760 9580 11867 13117 14566 15639 17273 18820 21069 24945 25667 26785 30678 31271 33003 33244

1279 1491 2038 2347 2432 4336 4905 6588 7507 7666 8775 9172 10405 12249 12270 12373 12936 13046 13364 15130 17597 22855 27548 32895

620 1897 3775 5552 6799 7621 10167 10172 10615 11367 12093 13241 15426 16623 19467 19792 22069 22370 24472 24594 25205 25954 27800 29422

582 1618 4673 5809 6318 6883 8051 12335 12409 13176 14078 15206 17580 18624 18876 19079 20786 21177 25894 26395 27377 27757 30167 31971

1157 2189 4160 4480 5055 8961 9171 9444 10533 11581 12904 14256 14620 15773 16232 17598 19756 21134 21443 22559 23258 25137 25555 28150

987 1258 1269 2394 4859 5642 5705 6093 6408 7734 8804 10657 11946 16132 20267 25402 26505 26548 27060 29767 29780 31915 31966 33590

1010 1363 1626 5283 6356 10961 12418 14332 14362 16288 16303 16592 17096 20115 20285 20478 21774 22165 22425 23198 25048 25596 31540 32841

895 2743 2912 4971 8803 11183 14500 14617 14638 16776 17901 18622 20244 20845 22214 25676 26161 26281 29978 30392 30922 31542 32038 32443

188 260 411 2823 5512 5645 10019 11856 12671 14273 14673 16091 16169 22333 22934 22945 23542 26503 27159 27279 28277 30114 31626 32722

357 516 3530 4317 8587 9491 10348 11330 13446 14533 15423 17003 17217 19127 20088 20750 21767 22386 24021 27749 29008 29376 30329 32940

2909 3036 4875 9967 10632 12069 12410 14004 14628 15605 15852 18231 18657 19705 20620 22241 29575 29656 31246 32190 32781 33489 33842 34492

4242 5461 5577 7662 11130 13663 17240 17773 18339 19400 22905 24219 25464 25890 26359 27121 27318 27840 30800 32587 32924 33427 33940 34058

421 2222 3457 5257 5600 10147 12754 17380 18854 20333 20345 20752 24578 25196 25638 25725 25822 27610 28006 28563 29632 29973 29991 34166

41 207 1043 4650 5387 6826 7261 8687 9092 10775 11446 12596 16613 19463 20923 24155 24927 25384 26064 27377 28094 32578 32639 34115

1050 5731 15820 16281 26130 29314

5980 6161 14479 22181 22537 32924

7828 9134 11297 17143 25449 29674

8299 10457 14486 21548 22510 32039

1527 7792 10424 19166 29302 29768

5823 13974 21254 21506 25658 29491

6285 9873 12846 14474 17005 29377

1740 4929 8285 20994 32271 34522

12862 16827 22427 23369 27051 30378

4787 10372 10408 12091 20349 26162

6659 22752 24697 28261 28917 32536

6788 15367 21778 28916 30324 33927

7181 12373 21912 24703 28680 34045

2238 4945 14336 19270 29574 33459

10283 15311 17440 24599 24867 28293

324 5264 5375 6581 24348 30288

3112 7656 23825

21624 22318 22633

5284 19790 22758

2700 4039 12576

17028 17520 19579

11914 17834 33989

2199 5502 7184

22 20701 26497

5551 27014 32876

4019 26547 28521

7580 10016 33855

4328 11674 34018

8491 9956 10029

6167 11267 24914

5317 9049 29657

20717 28724 33012

16841 21647 31096

11931 16278 20287

9402 10557 11008

11826 15349 34420

14369 17031 20597

19164 27947 29775

15537 18796 33662

5404 21027 26757

6269 12671 24309

8601 29048 29262

10099 20323 21457

15952 17074 30434

7597 20987 33095

11298 24182 29217

12055 16250 16971

5350 9354 31390

8168 14168 18570

5448 13141 32381

3921 21113 28176

8756 19895 27917

9391 16617 25586

3357 18527 34238

2378 16840 28948

7470 27466 32928

8366 19376 30916

3116 7267 18016

15309 18445 21799

4731 23773 34546

260 4898 5180

8897 22266 29587

2539 23717 33142

19233 28750 29724

9937 15384 16599

10234 17089 26776

8869 9425 13658

6197 24086 31929

9237 20931 27785

10403 13822 16734

20038 21196 26868

13170 27813 28875

1110 20329 24508

11844 22662 28987

2891 2918 14512

15707 27399 34135

8687 20019 26178

6847 8903 16307

23737 23775 27776

17388 27970 31983.

The present technique provides a fourth transmission apparatus/method including a coding unit/step of performing LDPC coding based on a check matrix of an LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 8/16, in which the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including

1194 2400 2789 3893 5030 5033 7851 10775 12793 13985 15133 16913 18431 18436 19931 20421 21073 23361 24493 26860 28864 34457

1818 2451 7250 7687 8756 9438 11365 12085 12956 14339 17179 17395 17695 21298 21870 23350 24405 25359 26180 28086 30345 32192

206 4671 5265 6393 7960 9628 9839 11216 11352 12190 15252 15310 16952 17066 19600 21722 22729 25154 26172 27666 28099 34330

769 3876 4330 7293 8230 8431 14839 14856 17227 18920 18964 22763 22860 23184 24350 25709 26099 27143 27330 28311 33058 33640

123 1567 3562 5478 8714 9355 10394 10413 12711 12949 16390 19491 25027 27126 28594 28897 28965 29846 31037 32273 33114 33164

2545 6567 9115 10916 11048 11526 11675 13251 13359 13758 14344 14795 15700 15994 16516 17918 19530 20572 27737 28087 30591 32277

485 1069 1561 1685 2841 3856 6096 6854 7715 10535 18860 19241 21526 23316 24224 24315 25631 29180 31725 33481 33719 33968

279 1102 5684 6114 8078 10368 10912 11442 11889 14611 15192 16193 16779 17454 21249 23471 23517 24226 25910 26237 28126 33541

774 3559 3708 3919 4588 5736 5816 6424 8253 9708 11379 12845 13139 18161 25545 27698 30011 32310 32388 32894 34141 34274

2136 3009 5250 5692 8090 12167 12227 13741 14201 14671 14674 14899 16619 18688 21509 22772 24361 24681 32835 33835 33878 33996

2410 3265 6681 7912 8316 9076 10257 11336 12959 13043 16289 16798 19530 20607 21636 22652 25743 27170 28501 30316 30381 34192

319 528 2926 3212 8888 9526 10802 16128 16206 17305 17542 17850 18019 21127 22494 23945 24080 24901 25540 27434 29640 33300

7616 9188 9326 10429 10455 11285 11787 13435 14037 16175 18470 19131 21639 21810 22423 24599 25018 28546 29069 29715 32689

1910 2775 3753 4013 6351 8865 12978 13683 14512 18254 18521 18897 19077 20010 21623 21634 24967 26045 31096 33597 33984

313 1368 2647 4352 5022 6109 9941 10298 12553 13196 14783 17155 18100 19718 20620 24301 25486 27909 30534 33259 34513

2174 2552 2756 2831 3660 3838 4124 6346 6923 11057 11348 11716 16473 18152 20008 21875 23400 25136 27305 28890 30208

2677 4884 5180 14655 18383 20722

3731 4560 16588 20888 22987 30500

2776 11584 13605 23303 26861 33705

4750 5877 15021 24513 25807 27249

1733 8791 26142 28266 28573 32676

2576 4916 22443 24303 29550 31838

1609 5086 19583 27560 28457 30786

1555 7025 9030 14979 29890 31128

2134 9879 15542 27554 31328 31506

15899 17881 18012 21037 30363 32843

4086 12709 15898 16296 22656 23283

1646 8284 8347 10975 17603 30820

1384 19111 23378 26081 27575 33447

4029 10225 10310 17309 23450 32464

7980 10708 15814 26794 30307 34137

938 1050 16505 21793 23756 27989

12080 17375 25097

4944 8065 26757

17431 31423 33965

2055 9209 32469

1478 9521 21387

29845 30046 33714

9682 12149 23918

11085 19303 21788

4468 15006 21379

5284 20588 20738

8014 17206 25821

10381 20361 28424

4863 11209 17937

20210 20328 20730

13542 19028 22227

11168 20701 30936

12508 16374 24496

6209 16964 33036

6756 28360 31237

23232 30412 30976

203 6872 26370

25583 32239 32339

4739 12433 28074

4738 26426 31737

2011 5339 18941

6232 17052 20823

7607 18826 25953

4954 14425 17019

5940 16709 30710

638 9382 30894

1771 30351 31507

1514 11139 26183

109 18294 34428

4383 26492 34521

1773 14950 16561

27695 31971 32389

18403 28619 30177

18604 20098 25440

12117 18020 27088

3491 22430 32930

13268 25034 27216

915 23504 30680

4058 16335 25867

686 12461 13265

11645 14604 25925

2389 11979 31351

2153 5962 17134

11556 15306 18241

29222 29572 31650

20901 25671 28487

5556 9824 10776

10249 19003 24103

8918 26171 27774

3029 20658 20956

4488 18921 26120

3930 24219 27094

16134 16168 33971

22365 24953 28351

26753 32830 34099

3823 26356 31319

11488 23615 31762

5977 8588 29437

11223 23697 31768

13038 19258 19346.

In the fourth transmission apparatus/method, the LDPC coding is performed based on the check matrix of the LDPC code with the code length N of 69120 bits and the code rate r of 8/16. The LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including

1194 2400 2789 3893 5030 5033 7851 10775 12793 13985 15133 16913 18431 18436 19931 20421 21073 23361 24493 26860 28864 34457

1818 2451 7250 7687 8756 9438 11365 12085 12956 14339 17179 17395 17695 21298 21870 23350 24405 25359 26180 28086 30345 32192

206 4671 5265 6393 7960 9628 9839 11216 11352 12190 15252 15310 16952 17066 19600 21722 22729 25154 26172 27666 28099 34330

769 3876 4330 7293 8230 8431 14839 14856 17227 18920 18964 22763 22860 23184 24350 25709 26099 27143 27330 28311 33058 33640

123 1567 3562 5478 8714 9355 10394 10413 12711 12949 16390 19491 25027 27126 28594 28897 28965 29846 31037 32273 33114 33164

2545 6567 9115 10916 11048 11526 11675 13251 13359 13758 14344 14795 15700 15994 16516 17918 19530 20572 27737 28087 30591 32277

485 1069 1561 1685 2841 3856 6096 6854 7715 10535 18860 19241 21526 23316 24224 24315 25631 29180 31725 33481 33719 33968

279 1102 5684 6114 8078 10368 10912 11442 11889 14611 15192 16193 16779 17454 21249 23471 23517 24226 25910 26237 28126 33541

774 3559 3708 3919 4588 5736 5816 6424 8253 9708 11379 12845 13139 18161 25545 27698 30011 32310 32388 32894 34141 34274

2136 3009 5250 5692 8090 12167 12227 13741 14201 14671 14674 14899 16619 18688 21509 22772 24361 24681 32835 33835 33878 33996

2410 3265 6681 7912 8316 9076 10257 11336 12959 13043 16289 16798 19530 20607 21636 22652 25743 27170 28501 30316 30381 34192

319 528 2926 3212 8888 9526 10802 16128 16206 17305 17542 17850 18019 21127 22494 23945 24080 24901 25540 27434 29640 33300

7616 9188 9326 10429 10455 11285 11787 13435 14037 16175 18470 19131 21639 21810 22423 24599 25018 28546 29069 29715 32689

1910 2775 3753 4013 6351 8865 12978 13683 14512 18254 18521 18897 19077 20010 21623 21634 24967 26045 31096 33597 33984

313 1368 2647 4352 5022 6109 9941 10298 12553 13196 14783 17155 18100 19718 20620 24301 25486 27909 30534 33259 34513

2174 2552 2756 2831 3660 3838 4124 6346 6923 11057 11348 11716 16473 18152 20008 21875 23400 25136 27305 28890 30208

2677 4884 5180 14655 18383 20722

3731 4560 16588 20888 22987 30500

2776 11584 13605 23303 26861 33705

4750 5877 15021 24513 25807 27249

1733 8791 26142 28266 28573 32676

2576 4916 22443 24303 29550 31838

1609 5086 19583 27560 28457 30786

1555 7025 9030 14979 29890 31128

2134 9879 15542 27554 31328 31506

15899 17881 18012 21037 30363 32843

4086 12709 15898 16296 22656 23283

1646 8284 8347 10975 17603 30820

1384 19111 23378 26081 27575 33447

4029 10225 10310 17309 23450 32464

7980 10708 15814 26794 30307 34137

938 1050 16505 21793 23756 27989

12080 17375 25097

4944 8065 26757

17431 31423 33965

2055 9209 32469

1478 9521 21387

29845 30046 33714

9682 12149 23918

11085 19303 21788

4468 15006 21379

5284 20588 20738

8014 17206 25821

10381 20361 28424

4863 11209 17937

20210 20328 20730

13542 19028 22227

11168 20701 30936

12508 16374 24496

6209 16964 33036

6756 28360 31237

23232 30412 30976

203 6872 26370

25583 32239 32339

4739 12433 28074

4738 26426 31737

2011 5339 18941

6232 17052 20823

7607 18826 25953

4954 14425 17019

5940 16709 30710

638 9382 30894

1771 30351 31507

1514 11139 26183

109 18294 34428

4383 26492 34521

1773 14950 16561

27695 31971 32389

18403 28619 30177

18604 20098 25440

12117 18020 27088

3491 22430 32930

13268 25034 27216

915 23504 30680

4058 16335 25867

686 12461 13265

11645 14604 25925

2389 11979 31351

2153 5962 17134

11556 15306 18241

29222 29572 31650

20901 25671 28487

5556 9824 10776

10249 19003 24103

8918 26171 27774

3029 20658 20956

4488 18921 26120

3930 24219 27094

16134 16168 33971

22365 24953 28351

26753 32830 34099

3823 26356 31319

11488 23615 31762

5977 8588 29437

11223 23697 31768

13038 19258 19346.

The present technique provides a fourth reception apparatus/method including a decoding unit/step of decoding an LDPC code obtained from data transmitted from a transmission apparatus, the transmission apparatus including a coding unit performing LDPC coding based on a check matrix of the LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 8/16, in which the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including

1194 2400 2789 3893 5030 5033 7851 10775 12793 13985 15133 16913 18431 18436 19931 20421 21073 23361 24493 26860 28864 34457

1818 2451 7250 7687 8756 9438 11365 12085 12956 14339 17179 17395 17695 21298 21870 23350 24405 25359 26180 28086 30345 32192

206 4671 5265 6393 7960 9628 9839 11216 11352 12190 15252 15310 16952 17066 19600 21722 22729 25154 26172 27666 28099 34330

769 3876 4330 7293 8230 8431 14839 14856 17227 18920 18964 22763 22860 23184 24350 25709 26099 27143 27330 28311 33058 33640

123 1567 3562 5478 8714 9355 10394 10413 12711 12949 16390 19491 25027 27126 28594 28897 28965 29846 31037 32273 33114 33164

2545 6567 9115 10916 11048 11526 11675 13251 13359 13758 14344 14795 15700 15994 16516 17918 19530 20572 27737 28087 30591 32277

485 1069 1561 1685 2841 3856 6096 6854 7715 10535 18860 19241 21526 23316 24224 24315 25631 29180 31725 33481 33719 33968

279 1102 5684 6114 8078 10368 10912 11442 11889 14611 15192 16193 16779 17454 21249 23471 23517 24226 25910 26237 28126 33541

774 3559 3708 3919 4588 5736 5816 6424 8253 9708 11379 12845 13139 18161 25545 27698 30011 32310 32388 32894 34141 34274

2136 3009 5250 5692 8090 12167 12227 13741 14201 14671 14674 14899 16619 18688 21509 22772 24361 24681 32835 33835 33878 33996

2410 3265 6681 7912 8316 9076 10257 11336 12959 13043 16289 16798 19530 20607 21636 22652 25743 27170 28501 30316 30381 34192

319 528 2926 3212 8888 9526 10802 16128 16206 17305 17542 17850 18019 21127 22494 23945 24080 24901 25540 27434 29640 33300

7616 9188 9326 10429 10455 11285 11787 13435 14037 16175 18470 19131 21639 21810 22423 24599 25018 28546 29069 29715 32689

1910 2775 3753 4013 6351 8865 12978 13683 14512 18254 18521 18897 19077 20010 21623 21634 24967 26045 31096 33597 33984

313 1368 2647 4352 5022 6109 9941 10298 12553 13196 14783 17155 18100 19718 20620 24301 25486 27909 30534 33259 34513

2174 2552 2756 2831 3660 3838 4124 6346 6923 11057 11348 11716 16473 18152 20008 21875 23400 25136 27305 28890 30208

2677 4884 5180 14655 18383 20722

3731 4560 16588 20888 22987 30500

2776 11584 13605 23303 26861 33705

4750 5877 15021 24513 25807 27249

1733 8791 26142 28266 28573 32676

2576 4916 22443 24303 29550 31838

1609 5086 19583 27560 28457 30786

1555 7025 9030 14979 29890 31128

2134 9879 15542 27554 31328 31506

15899 17881 18012 21037 30363 32843

4086 12709 15898 16296 22656 23283

1646 8284 8347 10975 17603 30820

1384 19111 23378 26081 27575 33447

4029 10225 10310 17309 23450 32464

7980 10708 15814 26794 30307 34137

938 1050 16505 21793 23756 27989

12080 17375 25097

4944 8065 26757

17431 31423 33965

2055 9209 32469

1478 9521 21387

29845 30046 33714

9682 12149 23918

11085 19303 21788

4468 15006 21379

5284 20588 20738

8014 17206 25821

10381 20361 28424

4863 11209 17937

20210 20328 20730

13542 19028 22227

11168 20701 30936

12508 16374 24496

6209 16964 33036

6756 28360 31237

23232 30412 30976

203 6872 26370

25583 32239 32339

4739 12433 28074

4738 26426 31737

2011 5339 18941

6232 17052 20823

7607 18826 25953

4954 14425 17019

5940 16709 30710

638 9382 30894

1771 30351 31507

1514 11139 26183

109 18294 34428

4383 26492 34521

1773 14950 16561

27695 31971 32389

18403 28619 30177

18604 20098 25440

12117 18020 27088

3491 22430 32930

13268 25034 27216

915 23504 30680

4058 16335 25867

686 12461 13265

11645 14604 25925

2389 11979 31351

2153 5962 17134

11556 15306 18241

29222 29572 31650

20901 25671 28487

5556 9824 10776

10249 19003 24103

8918 26171 27774

3029 20658 20956

4488 18921 26120

3930 24219 27094

16134 16168 33971

22365 24953 28351

26753 32830 34099

3823 26356 31319

11488 23615 31762

5977 8588 29437

11223 23697 31768

13038 19258 19346.

In the fourth reception apparatus/method, the LDPC code obtained from the data transmitted from the transmission apparatus is decoded, the transmission apparatus including the coding unit performing the LDPC coding based on the check matrix of the LDPC code with the code length N of 69120 bits and the code rate r of 8/16, in which the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including

1194 2400 2789 3893 5030 5033 7851 10775 12793 13985 15133 16913 18431 18436 19931 20421 21073 23361 24493 26860 28864 34457

1818 2451 7250 7687 8756 9438 11365 12085 12956 14339 17179 17395 17695 21298 21870 23350 24405 25359 26180 28086 30345 32192

206 4671 5265 6393 7960 9628 9839 11216 11352 12190 15252 15310 16952 17066 19600 21722 22729 25154 26172 27666 28099 34330

769 3876 4330 7293 8230 8431 14839 14856 17227 18920 18964 22763 22860 23184 24350 25709 26099 27143 27330 28311 33058 33640

123 1567 3562 5478 8714 9355 10394 10413 12711 12949 16390 19491 25027 27126 28594 28897 28965 29846 31037 32273 33114 33164

2545 6567 9115 10916 11048 11526 11675 13251 13359 13758 14344 14795 15700 15994 16516 17918 19530 20572 27737 28087 30591 32277

485 1069 1561 1685 2841 3856 6096 6854 7715 10535 18860 19241 21526 23316 24224 24315 25631 29180 31725 33481 33719 33968

279 1102 5684 6114 8078 10368 10912 11442 11889 14611 15192 16193 16779 17454 21249 23471 23517 24226 25910 26237 28126 33541

774 3559 3708 3919 4588 5736 5816 6424 8253 9708 11379 12845 13139 18161 25545 27698 30011 32310 32388 32894 34141 34274

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Note that the transmission apparatus and the reception apparatus may be independent apparatuses or may be internal blocks of one apparatus.

Advantageous Effect of Invention

According to the present technique, favorable communication quality can be ensured in data transmission using an LDPC code.

Note that the advantageous effect described here may not be limited, and the advantageous effect may be any of the advantageous effects described in the present disclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a diagram describing a check matrix H of an LDPC code.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart describing a decoding procedure of the LDPC code.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a check matrix of the LDPC code.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a Tanner graph of the check matrix.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a variable node.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a check node.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of an embodiment of a transmission system to which the present technique is applied.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a transmission apparatus 11.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a bit interleaver 116.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a check matrix.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a parity matrix.

FIG. 12 is a diagram describing a check matrix of an LDPC code defined in a standard of DVB-T.2.

FIG. 13 is a diagram describing the check matrix of the LDPC code defined in the standard of DVB-T.2.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a Tanner graph regarding decoding of the LDPC code.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a parity matrix H_(T) in a dual diagonal structure and a Tanner graph corresponding to the parity matrix H_(T).

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity matrix H_(T) of the check matrix H corresponding to the LDPC code after parity interleaving.

FIG. 17 is a flow chart describing an example of a process executed by the bit interleaver 116 and a mapper 117.

FIG. 18 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of an LDPC encoder 115.

FIG. 19 is a flow chart describing an example of a process of the LDPC encoder 115.

FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating an example of a check matrix initial value table with a code rate of 1/4 and a code length of 16200.

FIG. 21 is a diagram describing a method of obtaining the check matrix H from the check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating a structure of the check matrix.

FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 24 is a diagram describing a matrix A generated from the check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 25 is a diagram describing parity interleaving of a matrix B.

FIG. 26 is a diagram describing a matrix C generated from the check matrix initial value table.

FIG. 27 is a diagram describing parity interleaving of a matrix D.

FIG. 28 is a diagram illustrating a check matrix after applying, to the check matrix, column permutation as parity deinterleaving for deinterleaving of the parity interleaving.

FIG. 29 is a diagram illustrating a transformed check matrix obtained by applying row permutation to the check matrix.

FIG. 30 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table of a type A code with N=69120 bits and r=2/16.

FIG. 31 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table of the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=3/16.

FIG. 32 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrix initial value table of the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=3/16.

FIG. 33 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table of the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=4/16.

FIG. 34 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table of the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=5/16.

FIG. 35 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrix initial value table of the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=5/16.

FIG. 36 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table of the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=6/16.

FIG. 37 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrix initial value table of the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=6/16.

FIG. 38 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table of the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=7/16.

FIG. 39 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrix initial value table of the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=7/16.

FIG. 40 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table of the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=8/16.

FIG. 41 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrix initial value table of the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=8/16.

FIG. 42 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table of a type B code with N=69120 bits and r=7/16.

FIG. 43 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=7/16.

FIG. 44 is a diagram illustrating another example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=7/16.

FIG. 45 is a diagram illustrating the other example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=7/16.

FIG. 46 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=8/16.

FIG. 47 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=8/16.

FIG. 48 is a diagram illustrating another example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=8/16.

FIG. 49 is a diagram illustrating the other example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=8/16.

FIG. 50 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=9/16.

FIG. 51 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=9/16.

FIG. 52 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=9/16.

FIG. 53 is a diagram illustrating another example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=9/16.

FIG. 54 is a diagram illustrating the other example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=9/16.

FIG. 55 is a diagram illustrating the other example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=9/16.

FIG. 56 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=10/16.

FIG. 57 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=10/16.

FIG. 58 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=10/16.

FIG. 59 is a diagram illustrating another example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=10/16.

FIG. 60 is a diagram illustrating the other example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=10/16.

FIG. 61 is a diagram illustrating the other example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=10/16.

FIG. 62 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=11/16.

FIG. 63 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=11/16.

FIG. 64 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=11/16.

FIG. 65 is a diagram illustrating another example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=11/16.

FIG. 66 is a diagram illustrating the other example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=11/16.

FIG. 67 is a diagram illustrating the other example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=11/16.

FIG. 68 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=12/16.

FIG. 69 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=12/16.

FIG. 70 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=12/16.

FIG. 71 is a diagram illustrating another example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=12/16.

FIG. 72 is a diagram illustrating the other example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=12/16.

FIG. 73 is a diagram illustrating the other example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=12/16.

FIG. 74 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=13/16.

FIG. 75 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=13/16.

FIG. 76 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=13/16.

FIG. 77 is a diagram illustrating another example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=13/16.

FIG. 78 is a diagram illustrating the other example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=13/16.

FIG. 79 is a diagram illustrating the other example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=13/16.

FIG. 80 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=14/16.

FIG. 81 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=14/16.

FIG. 82 is a diagram illustrating the example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=14/16.

FIG. 83 is a diagram illustrating another example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=14/16.

FIG. 84 is a diagram illustrating the other example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=14/16.

FIG. 85 is a diagram illustrating the other example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=14/16.

FIG. 86 is a diagram illustrating an example of a Tanner graph of an ensemble of a degree sequence with a column weight of 3 and a row weight of 6.

FIG. 87 is a diagram illustrating an example of a Tanner graph of a multi-edge type ensemble.

FIG. 88 is a diagram describing a check matrix of a type A system.

FIG. 89 is a diagram describing the check matrix of the type A system.

FIG. 90 is a diagram describing a check matrix of a type B system.

FIG. 91 is a diagram describing the check matrix of the type B system.

FIG. 92 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=2/16.

FIG. 93 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=2/16.

FIG. 94 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=3/16.

FIG. 95 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=3/16.

FIG. 96 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=4/16.

FIG. 97 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=4/16.

FIG. 98 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=5/16.

FIG. 99 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=5/16.

FIG. 100 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=6/16.

FIG. 101 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=6/16.

FIG. 102 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=7/16.

FIG. 103 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=7/16.

FIG. 104 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=8/16.

FIG. 105 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using the type A code with N=69120 bits and r=8/16.

FIG. 106 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=7/16.

FIG. 107 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=7/16.

FIG. 108 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=7/16.

FIG. 109 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=7/16.

FIG. 110 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=8/16.

FIG. 111 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=8/16.

FIG. 112 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=8/16.

FIG. 113 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=8/16.

FIG. 114 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=9/16.

FIG. 115 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=9/16.

FIG. 116 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=9/16.

FIG. 117 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=9/16.

FIG. 118 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=10/16.

FIG. 119 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=10/16.

FIG. 120 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=10/16.

FIG. 121 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=10/16.

FIG. 122 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=11/16.

FIG. 123 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=11/16.

FIG. 124 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=11/16.

FIG. 125 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=11/16.

FIG. 126 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=12/16.

FIG. 127 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=12/16.

FIG. 128 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=12/16.

FIG. 129 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=12/16.

FIG. 130 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=13/16.

FIG. 131 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=13/16.

FIG. 132 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=13/16.

FIG. 133 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=13/16.

FIG. 134 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=14/16.

FIG. 135 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using the type B code with N=69120 bits and r=14/16.

FIG. 136 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of simulation using another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=14/16.

FIG. 137 is a diagram illustrating simulation results of the simulation using another type B code with N=69120 bits and r=14/16.

FIG. 138 is a diagram illustrating an example of coordinates of constellation points of UC in a case where a modulation system is QPSK.

FIG. 139 is a diagram illustrating an example of coordinates of constellation points of 2D NUC in a case where the modulation system is 16QAM.

FIG. 140 is a diagram illustrating an example of coordinates of constellation points of 1D NUC in a case where the modulation system is 1024QAM.

FIG. 141 is a diagram illustrating a relationship between a symbol y of 1024QAM and a real part Re(z_(s)) as well as an imaginary part Im(z_(s)) of a complex number representing coordinates of a constellation point z_(s) of 1D NUC corresponding to the symbol y.

FIG. 142 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a block interleaver 25.

FIG. 143 is a diagram describing block interleaving performed in the block interleaver 25.

FIG. 144 is a diagram describing group-wise interleaving performed in a group-wise interleaver 24.

FIG. 145 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a reception apparatus 12.

FIG. 146 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a bit deinterleaver 165.

FIG. 147 is a flow chart describing an example of a process executed by a demapper 164, a bit deinterleaver 165, and an LDPC decoder 166.

FIG. 148 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix of the LDPC code.

FIG. 149 is a diagram illustrating an example of a matrix (transformed check matrix) obtained by applying row permutation and column permutation to the check matrix.

FIG. 150 is a diagram illustrating an example of the transformed check matrix divided into 5×5 units.

FIG. 151 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a decoding apparatus that performs node computation for P times all at once.

FIG. 152 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the LDPC decoder 166.

FIG. 153 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a block deinterleaver 54.

FIG. 154 is a block diagram illustrating another configuration example of the bit deinterleaver 165.

FIG. 155 is a block diagram illustrating a first configuration example of a reception system to which the reception apparatus 12 can be applied.

FIG. 156 is a block diagram illustrating a second configuration example of the reception system to which the reception apparatus 12 can be applied.

FIG. 157 is a block diagram illustrating a third configuration example of the reception system to which the reception apparatus 12 can be applied.

FIG. 158 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of an embodiment of a computer to which the present technique is applied.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present technique will be described, and before the description, an LDPC code will be described.

<LDPC Code>

Note that the LDPC code is a linear code. Although the LDPC code may not be dual, the LDPC code is dual in the description here.

The biggest feature of the LDPC code is that the check matrix (parity check matrix) defining the LDPC code is sparse. Here, the sparse matrix is a matrix in which the number of elements of “1” in the matrix is significantly small (matrix in which most elements are 0).

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a check matrix H of the LDPC code.

In the check matrix H of FIG. 1, the weight of each column (column weight) (the number of elements of “1”) is “3,” and the weight of each row (row weight) is “6.”

In the coding based on the LDPC code (LDPC coding), for example, a generator matrix G is generated based on the check matrix H, and dual information bits are multiplied by the generator matrix G to generate a code word (LDPC code).

Specifically, a coding apparatus that performs the LDPC coding first calculates the generator matrix G such that an equation GH^(T)=0 holds between the generator matrix G and a transposed matrix H^(T) of the check matrix H. Here, in a case where the generator matrix G is a K×N matrix, the coding apparatus multiplies the generator matrix G by a bit sequence (vector u) of information bits including K bits to generate a code word c (=uG) including N bits. The code word (LDPC code) generated by the coding apparatus is received on the reception side through a predetermined communication channel.

Decoding of the LDPC code can be performed by using a message passing algorithm that is an algorithm named probabilistic decoding proposed by Gallager. The algorithm includes variable nodes (also called message nodes) and check nodes, and the algorithm is based on belief propagation on a so-called Tanner graph. Here, the variable nodes and the check nodes will also be simply referred to as nodes as necessary.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart illustrating a procedure of decoding the LDPC code.

Note that an actual value (reception LLR) expressing a log likelihood ratio representing the likelihood that the value of an ith code bit of the LDPC code (1 code word) received on the reception side is “0” will also be referred to as a reception value u_(0i) as necessary. In addition, the message output from the check node will be defined as u_(j), and the message output from the variable node will be defined as v_(i).

First, in the decoding of the LDPC code, the LDPC code is received in step S11 as illustrated in FIG. 2. The message (check node message) u_(j) is initialized to “0,” and a variable k that is an integer and that is a counter of a repeated process is initialized to “0.” The process proceeds to step S12. In step S12, computation (variable node computation) indicated in Equation (1) is performed based on the reception value u_(0i) obtained by receiving the LDPC code, and the message (variable node message) v_(i) is obtained. Furthermore, computation (check node computation) indicated in Equation (2) is performed based on the message v_(i) to obtain the message u_(j).

$\begin{matrix} \left\lbrack {{Math}.\mspace{14mu} 1} \right\rbrack & \; \\ {v_{i} = {u_{0i} + {\sum\limits_{j = 1}^{d_{v} - 1}u_{j}}}} & (1) \\ \left\lbrack {{Math}.\mspace{14mu} 2} \right\rbrack & \; \\ {{\tanh\left( \frac{u_{j}}{2} \right)} = {\prod\limits_{i = 1}^{d_{c} - 1}{\tanh\left( \frac{v_{i}}{2} \right)}}} & (2) \end{matrix}$

Here, d_(v) and d_(c) in Equation (1) and Equation (2) are parameters indicating the numbers of “1” in the vertical direction (column) and the horizontal direction (row) of the check matrix H, respectively, and the parameters can be arbitrarily selected. For example, d_(v)=3 and d_(c)=6 are set in the case of the LDPC code ((3, 6) LDPC code) for the check matrix H with the column weight of 3 and the row weight of 6 as illustrated in FIG. 1.

Note that in each of the variable node computation of Equation (1) and the check node computation of (2), a message input from an edge for outputting the message (line connecting the variable node and the check node) is not the target of computation, and the computation range is 1 to d_(v)-1 or 1 to d_(c)-1. In addition, to actually perform the check node computation of Equation (2), a table of functions R(v₁, v₂) indicated in Equation (3) defined by 1 output for 2 inputs v₁ and v₂ is created in advance, and the table is continuously (recursively) used as indicated in Equation (4). [Math. 3] x=2 tan h ⁻¹{tan h(v ₁/2)tan h(v ₂/2)}=R(v ₁ ,v ₂)  (3) [Math. 4] u _(j) =R(v ₁ ,R(v ₂ ,R(v ₃ , . . . R(v _(d) _(c) ⁻² ,v _(d) _(c) ⁻¹))))  (4)

In step S12, the variable k is further incremented by “1,” and the process proceeds to step S13. In step S13, whether the variable k is greater than predetermined iterations C of decoding is determined. If it is determined that the variable k is not greater than C in step S13, the process returns to step S12, and similar processing is repeated.

In addition, if it is determined that the variable k is greater than C in step S13, the process proceeds to step S14, and computation indicated in Equation (5) is performed to obtain the message v_(i) as a decoding result to be finally output. The message v_(i) is output, and the decoding process of the LDPC code ends.

$\begin{matrix} \left\lbrack {{Math}.\mspace{14mu} 5} \right\rbrack & \; \\ {v_{i} = {u_{0i} + {\sum\limits_{j = 1}^{d_{v}}u_{j}}}} & (5) \end{matrix}$

Here, unlike the variable node computation of Equation (1), the messages u_(j) from all of the edges connected to the variable nodes are used to perform the computation of Equation (5).

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix H of the (3, 6) LDPC code (code rate 1/2, code length 12).

In the check matrix H of FIG. 3, the weight of the column is 3, and the weight of the row is 6 as in FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a Tanner graph of the check matrix H of FIG. 3.

Here, plus “+” represents the check node, and equal “=” represents the variable node in FIG. 4. The check nodes and the variable nodes correspond to the rows and the columns of the check matrix H, respectively. The connections between the check nodes and the variable nodes are edges, and the edges are equivalent to the elements of “1” in the check matrix.

That is, in a case where the element of a jth row and an ith column in the check matrix is 1, an ith variable node (node of “=”) from the top and a jth check node (node of “+”) from the top are connected by the edge as illustrated in FIG. 4. The edge indicates that the code bit corresponding to the variable node has a constraint condition corresponding to the check node.

The variable node computation and the check node computation are repeated in a sum product algorithm that is a decoding method of the LDPC code.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating the variable node computation performed in the variable node.

In the variable node, the message v_(i) corresponding to the edge to be calculated is obtained by the variable node computation of Equation (1) using messages u₁ and u₂ from the remaining edges connected to the variable node and using the reception value u_(0i). The messages corresponding to the other edges are similarly obtained.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating the check node computation performed in the check node.

Here, the check node computation of Equation (2) can be rewritten as Equation (6) by using a relationship of an equation a×b=exp{ln(|a|)+ln(|b|)}×sign(a)×sign(b). Here, sign (x) is 1 in a case of x≥0 and is −1 in a case of x<0.

$\begin{matrix} \left\lbrack {{Math}.\mspace{14mu} 6} \right\rbrack & \; \\ \begin{matrix} {u_{j} = {2{\tanh^{- 1}\left( {\prod\limits_{i = 1}^{d_{c} - 1}{\tanh\left( \frac{v_{i}}{2} \right)}} \right)}}} \\ {= {2{\tanh^{- 1}\left\lbrack {\exp\left\{ {\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{d_{c} - 1}{\ln\left( {{\tanh\left( \frac{v_{i}}{2} \right)}} \right)}} \right\} \times {\prod\limits_{i = 1}^{d_{c} - 1}{{sign}\left( {\tanh\left( \frac{v_{i}}{2} \right)} \right)}}} \right\rbrack}}} \\ {= {2{\tanh^{- 1}\left\lbrack {\exp\left\{ {- \left( {\prod\limits_{i = 1}^{d_{c} - 1}{- {\ln\left( {\tanh\left( \frac{v_{i}}{2} \right)} \right)}}} \right)} \right\}} \right\rbrack} \times {\prod\limits_{i = 1}^{d_{c} - 1}{{sign}\left( v_{i} \right)}}}} \end{matrix} & (6) \end{matrix}$

In the case of x≥0, an equation φ⁻¹(x)=2 tan h⁻¹(e^(−x)) holds when a function φ(x) is defined by an equation φ(x)=ln(tan h(x/2)), and Equation (6) can be modified to Equation (7).

$\begin{matrix} \left\lbrack {{Math}.\mspace{14mu} 7} \right\rbrack & \; \\ {u_{j} = {{\phi^{- 1}\left( {\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{d_{c} - 1}{\phi\left( {v_{i}} \right)}} \right)} \times {\prod\limits_{i = 1}^{d_{c} - 1}{{sign}\left( v_{i} \right)}}}} & (7) \end{matrix}$

In the check node, the check node computation of Equation (2) is performed according to Equation (7).

That is, in the check node, the message u_(j) corresponding to the edge to be calculated is obtained by the check node computation of Equation (7) using messages v₁, v₂, v₃, v₄, and v₅ from the remaining edges connected to the check node as illustrated in FIG. 6. The messages corresponding to the other edges are similarly obtained.

Note that the function φ(x) of Equation (7) can be expressed by an equation φ(x)=ln((e^(x)+1)/(e^(x)−1)), and φ(x)=φ⁻¹(x) holds when x>0. An LUT (Look Up Table) is used to implement the functions φ(x) and φ⁻¹(x) on hardware in some cases, and the same LUT is used for both of the functions.

<Configuration Example of Transmission System to which the Present Technique is Applied>

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of an embodiment of a transmission system to which the present technique is applied (system is a logical set of a plurality of apparatuses, and whether the apparatuses of each configuration are in the same housing does not matter).

In FIG. 7, the transmission system includes a transmission apparatus 11 and a reception apparatus 12.

The transmission apparatus 11 transmits (broadcasts) (transfers) a program and the like of television broadcasting, for example. That is, for example, the transmission apparatus 11 encodes target data to be transmitted, such as image data and voice data of a program, into an LDPC code and transmits the LDPC code through a communication channel 13, such as a satellite line, a ground wave, and a cable (wire line).

The reception apparatus 12 receives the LDPC code transmitted from the transmission apparatus 11 through the communication channel 13. The reception apparatus 12 decodes the LDPC code into the target data and outputs the target data.

Here, it is known that the LDPC code used in the transmission system of FIG. 7 exhibits significantly high capability in an AWGN (Additive White Gaussian Noise) communication channel.

On the other hand, a burst error or erasure may occur in the communication channel 13. For example, particularly in a case where the communication channel 13 is a ground wave, the power of a specific symbol may become 0 (erasure) according to a delay of echo (path other than the main path) in a multi-path environment in which the D/U (Desired to Undesired Ratio) is 0 db (the power of “Undesired=echo” is equal to the power of “Desired=main path”) in an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) system.

Furthermore, in flutter (communication channel with echo, in which the delay is 0, and the doppler frequency is applied), the power of the entire symbols of OFDM at specific time may become 0 (erasure) due to the doppler frequency in the case where the D/U is 0 dB.

In addition, a burst error may occur depending on the conditions of wiring from a reception unit (not illustrated) on the reception apparatus 12 side, such as an antenna that receives a signal from the transmission apparatus 11, to the reception apparatus 12 or depending on the instability of the power source of the reception apparatus 12.

On the other hand, in the decoding of the LDPC code, the variable node computation of Equation (1) involving the addition of the code bit (reception value u_(0i)) of the LDPC code is performed as illustrated in FIG. 5 in the variable node corresponding to the column of the check matrix H and corresponding to the code bit of the LDPC code. Therefore, if there is an error in the code bit used for the variable node computation, the accuracy of the obtained message is reduced.

Furthermore, in the decoding of the LDPC code, the message obtained by the variable node connected to the check node is used to perform the check node computation of Equation (7) in the check node. Therefore, an increase in the number of check nodes with simultaneous errors (including erasure) in the plurality of connected variable nodes (code bits of LDPC code corresponding to the variable nodes) degrades the performance of decoding.

That is, for example, if there is erasure at the same time in two or more variable nodes connected to the check node, the check node returns, to all of the variable nodes, messages in which the probability that the value is 0 and the probability that the value is 1 are equal. In this case, the check node returning the messages of equal probability does not contribute to one decoding process (one set of variable node computation and check node computation). As a result, the decoding process has to be repeated for a large number of times. This degrades the performance of decoding and increases the power consumption of the reception apparatus 12 that decodes the LDPC code.

Therefore, the transmission system of FIG. 7 can improve the tolerance for the burst error and the erasure while maintaining the performance in the AWGN communication channel (AWGN channel).

<Configuration Example of Transmission Apparatus 11>

FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the transmission apparatus 11 of FIG. 7.

In the transmission apparatus 11, one or more input streams as target data are supplied to a mode adaptation/multiplexer ill.

The mode adaptation/multiplexer 111 executes a process, such as selecting a mode and multiplexing one or more input streams supplied to the mode adaptation/multiplexer 111, as necessary and supplies data obtained as a result of the process to a padder 112.

The padder 112 applies necessary zero padding (insertion of Null) to the data from the mode adaptation/multiplexer 111 and supplies data obtained as a result of the zero padding to a BB scrambler 113.

The BB scrambler 113 applies BB scrambling (Base-Band Scrambling) to the data from the padder 112 and supplies data as a result of the BB scrambling to a BCH encoder 114.

The BCH encoder 114 applies BCH coding to the data from the BB scrambler 113 and supplies, as LDPC target data that is a target of LDPC coding, the data obtained as a result of the BCH coding to an LDPC encoder 115.

The LDPC encoder 115 applies LDPC coding to the LDPC target data from the BCH encoder 114 according to, for example, a check matrix in which the parity matrix as a part corresponding to the parity bits of the LDPC code has a dual diagonal structure. The LDPC encoder 115 outputs an LDPC code including information bits of the LDPC target data.

That is, the LDPC encoder 115 performs LDPC coding for encoding the LDPC target data into an LDPC code (corresponding to the check matrix) defined in a predetermined standard, such as DVB-S.2, DVB-T.2, DVB-C.2, and ATSC3.0, or into other LDPC codes and outputs the LDPC code obtained as a result of the LDPC coding.

Here, the LDPC code defined in the standard of DVB-S.2 or ATSC3.0 or the LDPC code to be adopted in ATSC3.0 is an IRA (Irregular Repeat Accumulate) code, and the parity matrix (part or all of the parity matrix) in the check matrix of the LDPC code has a dual diagonal structure. The parity matrix and the dual diagonal structure will be described later. In addition, the IRA code is described in, for example, “Irregular Repeat-Accumulate Codes,” H. Jin, A. Khandekar, and R. J. McEliece, in Proceedings of 2nd International Symposium on Turbo codes and Related Topics, pp. 1-8, September 2000.

The LDPC code output by the LDPC encoder 115 is supplied to a bit interleaver 116.

The bit interleaver 116 applies bit interleaving described later to the LDPC code from the LDPC encoder 115 and supplies the LDPC code after the bit interleaving to a mapper 117.

The mapper 117 performs quadrature modulation (multi-level modulation) by mapping the LDPC code from the bit interleaver 116 on constellation points representing one symbol of quadrature modulation, on the basis of one or more code bits (on the basis of symbols) of the LDPC code.

That is, the mapper 117 performs quadrature modulation by mapping the LDPC code from the bit interleaver 116 on the constellation points, which are defined in a modulation system for performing the quadrature modulation of the LDPC code, on an IQ plane (IQ constellation) defined by an I axis representing I components in phase with the carrier wave and an Q axis representing Q components orthogonal to the carrier wave.

In a case where the number of constellation points defined in the modulation system of the quadrature modulation performed by the mapper 117 is 2^(m), m code bits of the LDPC code are set as a symbol (1 symbol), and the mapper 117 maps, on the basis of symbols, the LDPC codes from the bit interleaver 116 on the constellation points representing the symbols among the 2^(m) constellation points.

Here, examples of the modulation system of the quadrature modulation performed by the mapper 117 include a modulation system defined in a standard, such as DVB-S.2 and ATSC3.0, and other modulation systems, such as BPSK (Binary Phase Shift Keying), QPSK (Quadrature Phase Shift Keying), 8PSK (Phase-Shift Keying), 16APSK (Amplitude Phase-Shift Keying), 32APSK, 16QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation), 16QAM, 64QAM, 256QAM, 1024QAM, 4096QAM, and 4PAM (Pulse Amplitude Modulation). Which one of the modulation systems is to be used by the mapper 117 to perform the quadrature modulation is set in advance according to, for example, operation by an operator of the transmission apparatus 11.

The data obtained in the process of the mapper 117 (mapping result of mapping the symbol on the constellation points) is supplied to a time interleaver 118.

The time interleaver 118 applies time interleaving (interleaving in the time direction) to the data from the mapper 117 on the basis of symbols and supplies data obtained as a result of the time interleaving to a SISO/MISO (Single Input Single Output/Multiple Input Single Output) encoder 119.

The SISO/MISO encoder 119 applies space-time coding to the data from the time interleaver 118 and supplies the data to a frequency interleaver 120.

The frequency interleaver 120 applies frequency interleaving (interleaving in the frequency direction) to the data from the SISO/MISO encoder 119 on the basis of symbols and supplies the data to a frame builder & resource allocation unit 131.

On the other hand, control data (signalling) for transmission control, such as BB signalling (Base Band Signalling) (BB Header), is supplied to a BCH encoder 121.

The BCH encoder 121 applies BCH coding to the control data supplied to the BCH encoder 121 similarly to the BCH encoder 114 and supplies data obtained as a result of the BCH coding to an LDPC encoder 122.

The LDPC encoder 122 sets the data from the BCH encoder 121 as LDPC target data and applies LDPC coding to the LDPC target data similarly to the LDPC encoder 115. The LDPC encoder 122 supplies an LDPC code obtained as a result of the LDPC coding to a mapper 123.

The mapper 123 performs quadrature modulation by mapping the LDPC code from the LDPC encoder 122 on the constellation points representing one symbol of the quadrature modulation, on the basis of one or more code bits (on the basis of symbols) of the LDPC code, similarly to the mapper 117. The mapper 123 supplies data obtained as a result of the quadrature modulation to a frequency interleaver 124.

The frequency interleaver 124 applies frequency interleaving to the data from the mapper 123 on the basis of symbols similarly to the frequency interleaver 120 and supplies the data to the frame builder & resource allocation unit 131.

The frame builder & resource allocation unit 131 inserts pilot symbols at necessary positions of the data (symbols) from the frequency interleavers 120 and 124. The frame builder & resource allocation unit 131 forms frames (such as PL (Physical Layer) frame, T2 frame, and C2 frame) including a predetermined number of symbols based on the data (symbols) obtained as a result of the insertion and supplies the frames to an OFDM generation unit 132.

The OFDM generation unit 132 uses the frames from the frame builder & resource allocation unit 131 to generate an OFDM signal corresponding to the frames and transmits the OFDM signal to the communication channel 13 (FIG. 7).

Note that the transmission apparatus 11 may not be provided with part of the blocks illustrated in FIG. 8, such as the time interleaver 118, the SISO/MISO encoder 119, the frequency interleaver 120, and the frequency interleaver 124.

<Configuration Example of Bit Interleaver 116>

FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the bit interleaver 116 of FIG. 8.

The bit interleaver 116 has a function of interleaving data and includes a parity interleaver 23, a group-wise interleaver 24, and a block interleaver 25.

The parity interleaver 23 performs parity interleaving for interleaving the parity bit of the LDPC code from the LDPC encoder 115 at a position of another parity bit and supplies the LDPC code after the parity interleaving to the group-wise interleaver 24.

The group-wise interleaver 24 applies group-wise interleaving to the LDPC code from the parity interleaver 23 and supplies the LDPC code after the group-wise interleaving to the block interleaver 25.

Here, in the group-wise interleaving, the LDPC code equivalent to 1 code is divided from the top into 360-bit units according to a unit size P described later. 360 bits of 1 division are set as a bit group, and the LDPC code from the parity interleaver 23 is interleaved on the basis of bit groups.

In the case of performing the group-wise interleaving, the error rate can be improved compared to the case without the group-wise interleaving, and as a result, favorable communication quality can be ensured in the data transmission.

The block interleaver 25 performs block interleaving for demultiplexing the LDPC code from the group-wise interleaver 24 to symbolize, for example, the LDPC code equivalent to 1 code into a symbol of m bits that is a unit of mapping. The block interleaver 25 supplies the symbol to the mapper 117 (FIG. 8).

Here, in the block interleaving, for example, columns as storage areas for storing a predetermined number of bits in a column (vertical) direction are arranged in a row (horizontal) direction, and the number of columns is equal to the number of bits m of the symbol. The LDPC code from the group-wise interleaver 24 is written in the column direction to the storage areas and read in the row direction from the storage areas to symbolize the LDPC code into a symbol of m bits.

<Check Matrix of LDPC Code>

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix H used for the LDPC coding in the LDPC encoder 115 of FIG. 8.

The check matrix H has an LDGM (Low-Density Generation Matrix) structure, and an information matrix H_(A) as a part corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix H_(T) corresponding to the parity bits of the code bits of the LDPC code can be used to express the check matrix H by an equation H=[H_(A)|H_(T)] (matrix including elements of the information matrix H_(A) as elements on the left side and elements of the parity matrix H_(T) as elements on the right side).

Here, the number of bits of the information bits and the number of bits of the parity bits in the code bits of the LDPC code of 1 code (1 code word) will be referred to as an information length K and a parity length M, respectively. The number of bits of the code bits of 1 LDPC code (1 code word) will be referred to as a code length N (=K+M).

The information length K and the parity length M of the LDPC code with a certain code length N are determined by the code rate. In addition, the check matrix H is a matrix in which rows×columns is M×N (matrix with M rows and N columns). Furthermore, the information matrix H_(A) is a matrix of M×K, and the parity matrix H_(T) is a matrix of M×M.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity matrix H_(T) of the check matrix H used for the LDPC coding in the LDPC encoder 115 of FIG. 8.

The parity matrix H_(T) of the check matrix H used for the LDPC coding in the LDPC encoder 115 can be, for example, a parity matrix H_(T) similar to that of the check matrix H of the LDPC code defined in a standard such as DVB-T.2.

The parity matrix H_(T) of the check matrix H of the LDPC code defined in the standard, such as DVB-T.2, is a matrix with a so-called dual diagonal structure (lower bidiagonal matrix) in which elements of 1 are arranged in a dual diagonal format as illustrated in FIG. 11. The row weight of the parity matrix H_(T) is 1 for the first row and is 2 for all of the remaining rows. In addition, the column weight is 1 for the last one column and is 2 for all of the remaining columns.

In this way, the LDPC code of the check matrix H with the parity matrix H_(T) in the dual diagonal structure can be easily generated by using the check matrix H.

More specifically, the LDPC code (1 code word) will be expressed by a row vector c, and a column vector obtained by transposing the row vector will be defined as c^(T). In addition, a part of the information bits in the row vector c that is the LDPC code will be expressed by a row vector A, and a part of the parity bits will be expressed by a row vector T.

In this case, the row vector A as information bits and the row vector T as parity bits can be used to express the row vector c by an equation c=[A|T] (row vector including elements of the row vector A as elements on the left side and elements of the row vector T as elements on the right side).

The check matrix H and the row vector c=[A|T] as the LDPC code need to satisfy an equation Hc^(T)=0. The row vector T as parity bits included in the row vector c=[A|T] satisfying the equation Hc^(T)=0 can be successively (sequentially) obtained by setting the element of each row to 0 in order from the element of the first row in the column vector Hc^(T) in the equation Hc^(T)=0 in the case where the parity matrix H_(T) of the check matrix H=[H_(A)|H_(T)] has the dual diagonal structure illustrated in FIG. 11.

FIG. 12 is a diagram describing the check matrix H of the LDPC code defined in the standard such as DVB-T.2.

The column weight of KX columns from the first column of the check matrix H of the LDPC code defined in the standard, such as DVB-T.2, is X. The column weight of the following K3 columns is 3, and the column weight of the following M−1 columns is 2. The column weight of the last one column is 1.

Here, KX+K3+M−1+1 is equal to the code length N.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating the numbers of columns KX, K3, and M and a column weight X for each code rate r of the LDPC code defined in the standard such as DVB-T.2.

In the standard such as DVB-T.2, the LDPC codes with code lengths N of 64800 bits and 16200 bits are defined.

In addition, eleven code rates (nominal rates) 1/4, 1/3, 2/5, 1/2, 3/5, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6, 8/9, and 9/10 are defined for the LDPC code with code length N of 64800 bits, and ten code rates 1/4, 1/3, 2/5, 1/2, 3/5, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6, and 8/9 are defined for the LDPC code with code length N of 16200 bits.

Here, the code length N of 64800 bits will also be referred to as 64 k bits, and the code length N of 16200 bits will also be referred to as 16 k bits.

The error rate of the LDPC code tends to be lower in the code bits corresponding to the columns with larger column weights of the check matrix H.

In the check matrix H defined in the standard, such as DVB-T.2, illustrated in FIGS. 12 and 13, the column weight tends to be larger in the columns closer to the top (left side). Therefore, in the LDPC code corresponding to the check matrix H, the code bits closer to the top tend to be resistant to errors (resilient to errors), and the code bits closer to the end tend to be susceptible to errors.

<Parity Interleaving>

The parity interleaving of the parity interleaver 23 in FIG. 9 will be described with reference to FIGS. 14 to 16.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a Tanner graph (part of Tanner graph) of the check matrix in the LDPC code.

As illustrated in FIG. 14, when there are errors, such as erasure, at the same time in a plurality of, such as two, variable nodes (code bits corresponding to the variable nodes) connected to the check node, the check node returns, to all of the variable nodes connected to the check node, messages in which the probability that the value is 0 and the probability that the value is 1 are equal. Therefore, when there is erasure or the like at the same time in a plurality of variable nodes connected to the same check node, the performance of decoding is degraded.

Incidentally, the LDPC code output by the LDPC encoder 115 of FIG. 8 is an IRA code as in the LDPC code defined in the standard, such as DVB-T.2, and the parity matrix H_(T) of the check matrix H has a dual diagonal structure as illustrated in FIG. 11.

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of the parity matrix H_(T) in the dual diagonal structure as illustrated in FIG. 11 and a Tanner graph corresponding to the parity matrix H_(T).

A of FIG. 15 illustrates an example of the parity matrix H_(T) in the dual diagonal structure, and B of FIG. 15 illustrates the Tanner graph corresponding to the parity matrix H_(T) in A of FIG. 15.

In the parity matrix H_(T) in the dual diagonal structure, the elements of 1 are adjacent to each other in each row (except for the first row). Therefore, in the Tanner graph of the parity matrix H_(T), two adjacent variable nodes corresponding to the columns of two adjacent elements in which the value of the parity matrix H_(T) is 1 are connected to the same check node.

Therefore, when there are errors at the same time in the parity bits corresponding to the two adjacent variable nodes due to burst errors, erasure, or the like, the check node connected to the two variable nodes corresponding to the two parity bits with errors (variable nodes that use the parity bits to obtain messages) returns, to the variable nodes connected to the check node, messages in which the probability that the value is 0 and the probability that the value is 1 are equal. Therefore, the performance of decoding is degraded. In addition, an increase in the burst length (the number of bits of the parity bits with consecutive errors) increases the check nodes that return the messages of equal probability, and the performance of decoding is further degraded.

Therefore, the parity interleaver 23 (FIG. 9) performs parity interleaving for interleaving the parity bits of the LDPC code from the LDPC encoder 115 at positions of other parity bits to prevent the degradation in the performance of decoding.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating the parity matrix H_(T) of the check matrix H corresponding to the LDPC code after the parity interleaving performed by the parity interleaver 23 of FIG. 9.

Here, the information matrix H_(A) of the check matrix H corresponding to the LDPC code output by the LDPC encoder 115 has a cyclic structure, similar to the information matrix of the check matrix H corresponding to the LDPC code defined in the standard such as DVB-T.2.

The cyclic structure is a structure in which a column coincides with a column after cyclic shift of another column. For example, the cyclic structure includes a structure in which cyclic shifting in the column direction is applied to every P columns, and the positions of 1 in the rows of the P columns are at positions after the cyclic shift such that the first column of the P columns is shifted by a predetermined value, such as a value in proportion to a value q obtained by dividing the parity length M. Hereinafter, the P columns in the cyclic structure will be appropriately referred to as a unit size.

There are two types of LDPC codes defined in the standard, such as DVB-T.2, that is, LDPC codes with the code lengths N of 64800 bits and 16200 bits, as described in FIGS. 12 and 13. In both of the two types of LDPC codes, the unit size P is set to 360 that is one of the divisors of the parity length M excluding 1 and M.

In addition, the parity length M is a value other than prime numbers expressed by an equation M=q×p=q×360 using the value q that varies according to the code rate. Therefore, the value q is also one of the divisors of the parity length M excluding 1 and M as in the unit size P, and the value q can be obtained by dividing the parity length M by the unit size P (product of P and q as divisors of the parity length M is the parity length M).

The parity interleaver 23 performs parity interleaving of a (K+qx+y+1)th code bit of the code bits of the LDPC code of N bits at the position of a (K+Py+x+1)th code bit, where K represents the information length as described above, x represents an integer equal to or greater than 0 and smaller than P, and y represents an integer equal to or greater than 0 and smaller than q.

Both the (K+qx+y+1)th code bit and the (K+Py+x+1)th code bit are code bits after a (K+1)th code bit, and the code bits are parity bits. Therefore, the parity interleaving moves the positions of the parity bits of the LDPC code.

According to the parity interleaving, the variable nodes (parity bits corresponding to the variable nodes) connected to the same check node are separated by the unit size P, that is, 360 bits here. Therefore, the situation that there are errors at the same time in a plurality of variable nodes connected to the same check node can be prevented in a case where the burst length is smaller than 360 bits. This can improve the tolerance for burst errors.

Note that the LDPC code after the parity interleaving for interleaving the (K+qx+y+1)th code bit at the position of the (K+Py+x+1)th code bit coincides with the LDPC code of the check matrix (hereinafter, also referred to as transformed check matrix) obtained by the column permutation for permuting a (K+qx+y+1)th column of the original check matrix H into a (K+Py+x+1)th column.

In addition, a quasi-cyclic structure on the basis of P columns (360 columns in FIG. 16) appears in the parity matrix of the transformed check matrix as illustrated in FIG. 16.

Here, the quasi-cyclic structure denotes a structure in which all parts except for some parts have the cyclic structure.

The transformed check matrix obtained by applying the column permutation equivalent to the parity interleaving to the check matrix of the LDPC code defined in the standard, such as DVB-T.2, lacks one element of 1 (element is 0) at part of 360 rows×360 columns (shift matrix described later) on the upper right corner of the transformed check matrix. In that respect, the transformed check matrix does not have a (complete) cyclic structure, but has, so to speak, a quasi-cyclic structure.

The transformed check matrix of the check matrix of the LDPC code output by the LDPC encoder 115 has a quasi-cyclic structure similar to, for example, the transformed check matrix of the check matrix of the LDPC code defined in the standard such as DVB-T.2.

Note that the transformed check matrix of FIG. 16 is a matrix in which permutation of rows (row permutation) is also applied to the original check matrix H in addition to the column permutation equivalent to the parity interleaving such that the transformed check matrix includes constituent matrices described later.

FIG. 17 is a flow chart describing a process executed by the LDPC encoder 115, the bit interleaver 116, and the mapper 117 of FIG. 8.

After the LDPC target data is supplied from the BCH encoder 114, the LDPC encoder 115 encodes the LDPC target data into the LDPC code in step S101 and supplies the LDPC code to the bit interleaver 116. The process proceeds to step S102.

In step S102, the bit interleaver 116 applies bit interleaving to the LDPC code from the LDPC encoder 115 and supplies the symbol obtained by the bit interleaving to the mapper 117. The process proceeds to step S103.

That is, in step S102, the parity interleaver 23 in the bit interleaver 116 (FIG. 9) applies parity interleaving to the LDPC code from the LDPC encoder 115 and supplies the LDPC code after the parity interleaving to the group-wise interleaver 24.

The group-wise interleaver 24 applies group-wise interleaving to the LDPC code from the parity interleaver 23 and supplies the LDPC code to the block interleaver 25.

The block interleaver 25 applies block interleaving to the LDPC code after the group-wise interleaving of the group-wise interleaver 24 and supplies the symbol of m bits obtained as a result of the block interleaving to the mapper 117.

In step S103, the mapper 117 performs quadrature modulation by mapping the symbol from the block interleaver 25 on one of 2^(m) constellation points defined in the modulation system of the quadrature modulation performed by the mapper 117. The mapper 117 supplies the data obtained as a result of the quadrature modulation to the time interleaver 118.

In this way, the parity interleaving and the group-wise interleaving can be performed to improve the error rate in the case of transmitting the plurality of code bits of the LDPC code as one symbol.

Here, although the parity interleaver 23 as a block that performs the parity interleaving and the group-wise interleaver 24 as a block that performs the group-wise interleaving are separated in FIG. 9 for the convenience of description, the parity interleaver 23 and the group-wise interleaver 24 can be integrated.

That is, both the parity interleaving and the group-wise interleaving can be performed by writing and reading the code bits to and from the memory and can be expressed by a matrix for converting an address for writing the code bit (write address) into an address for reading the code bit (read address).

Therefore, a matrix obtained by multiplying a matrix representing the parity interleaving by a matrix representing the group-wise interleaving can be provided. The matrices can be used to convert the code bits to perform the parity interleaving, and results of the group-wise interleaving of the LDPC code after the parity interleaving can be further obtained.

Furthermore, the block interleaver 25 can also be integrated in addition to the parity interleaver 23 and the group-wise interleaver 24.

That is, the block interleaving performed by the block interleaver 25 can also be expressed by a matrix for converting the write address of the memory for storing the LDPC code into the read address.

Therefore, a matrix obtained by multiplying the matrix representing the parity interleaving, the matrix representing the group-wise interleaving, and the matrix representing the block interleaving can be provided. The matrices can be used to perform the parity interleaving, the group-wise interleaving, and the block interleaving all at once.

Note that one or both the parity interleaving and the group-wise interleaving may not be performed.

<Configuration Example of LDPC Encoder 115>

FIG. 18 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the LDPC encoder 115 of FIG. 8.

Note that the LDPC encoder 122 of FIG. 8 also has a similar configuration.

As described in FIGS. 12 and 13, the LDPC codes with two types of code length N, that is, 64800 bits and 16200 bits, are defined in the standard such as DVB-T.2.

Furthermore, eleven code rates 1/4, 1/3, 2/5, 1/2, 3/5, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6, 8/9, and 9/10 are defined for the LDPC code with code length N of 64800 bits, and ten code rates 1/4, 1/3, 2/5, 1/2, 3/5, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, 5/6, and 8/9 are defined for the LDPC code with code length N of 16200 bits (FIGS. 12 and 13).

The LDPC encoder 115 can use, for example, the LDPC code with code length N of 64800 bits or 16200 bits at each code rate to perform encoding (error correction coding) according to the check matrix H prepared for each code length N and each code rate.

In addition, the LDPC encoder 115 can perform the LDPC coding according to the check matrix H of the LDPC code with an arbitrary code length N at an arbitrary code rate r.

The LDPC encoder 115 includes a coding processing unit 601 and a storage unit 602.

The coding processing unit 601 includes a code rate setting unit 611, an initial value table reading unit 612, a check matrix generation unit 613, an information bit reading unit 614, a code parity computation unit 615, and a control unit 616. The coding processing unit 601 applies LDPC coding to the LDPC target data supplied to the LDPC encoder 115 and supplies the LDPC code obtained as a result of the LDPC coding to the bit interleaver 116 (FIG. 8).

That is, the code rate setting unit 611 sets the code length N and the code rate r of the LDPC code as well as other specification information for specifying the LDPC code according to, for example, operation of the operator.

The initial value table reading unit 612 reads, from the storage unit 602, a check matrix initial value table described later indicating the check matrix of the LDPC code specified in the specification information set by the code rate setting unit 611.

The check matrix generation unit 613 generates the check matrix H based on the check matrix initial value table read by the initial value table reading unit 612 and stores the check matrix H in the storage unit 602. For example, the check matrix generation unit 613 arranges elements of 1 in the information matrix H_(A), which corresponds to the information length K (=code length N−parity length M) according to the code length N and the code rate r set by the code rate setting unit 611, in the column direction at a period of 360 columns (unit size P) to generate the check matrix H and stores the check matrix H in the storage unit 602.

The information bit reading unit 614 reads (extracts) information bits equivalent to the information length K from the LDPC target data supplied to the LDPC encoder 115.

The code parity computation unit 615 reads the check matrix H generated by the check matrix generation unit 613 from the storage unit 602 and uses the check matrix H to calculate parity bits for the information bits read by the information bit reading unit 614 based on a predetermined equation to generate a code word (LDPC code).

The control unit 616 controls each block of the coding processing unit 601.

The storage unit 602 stores, for example, a plurality of check matrix initial value tables corresponding to the plurality of code rates and the like illustrated in FIG. 12 and FIG. 13 regarding each code length N, such as 64800 bits and 16200 bits. The storage unit 602 also temporarily stores data necessary for the process of the coding processing unit 601.

FIG. 19 is a flow chart describing an example of the process of the LDPC encoder 115 in FIG. 18.

In step S201, the code rate setting unit 611 sets the code length N and the code rate r in the LDPC coding as well as other specification information for specifying the LDPC code.

In step S202, the initial value table reading unit 612 reads, from the storage unit 602, a preset check matrix initial value table specified by the code length N, the code rate r, and the like as specification information set by the code rate setting unit 611.

In step S203, the check matrix generation unit 613 uses the check matrix initial value table read by the initial value table reading unit 612 from the storage unit 602 to obtain (generate) the check matrix H of the LDPC code with the code length N and the code rate r set by the code rate setting unit 611 and supplies and stores the check matrix H in the storage unit 602.

In step S204, the information bit reading unit 614 reads the information bits with the information length K (=N×r) corresponding to the code length N and the code rate r set by the code rate setting unit 611 from the LDPC target data supplied to the LDPC encoder 115 and reads the check matrix H obtained by the check matrix generation unit 613 from the storage unit 602. The information bit reading unit 614 supplies the information bits and the check matrix H to the code parity computation unit 615.

In step S205, the code parity computation unit 615 uses the information bits and the check matrix H from the information bit reading unit 614 to sequentially compute parity bits of the code word c satisfying Equation (8). Hc ^(T)=0  (8)

In Equation (8), c represents the row vector as a code word (LDPC code), and c^(T) represents the transpose of the row vector c.

Here, as described above, the part of the information bits of the row vector c as the LDPC code (1 code word) is expressed by the row vector A, and the part of the parity bits is expressed by the row vector T. In this case, the row vector A as the information bits and the row vector T as the parity bits can be used to express the row vector c by an equation c=[A|T].

The check matrix H and the row vector c=[A|T] as the LDPC code need to satisfy an equation Hc^(T)=0. The row vector T as parity bits included in the row vector c=[A|T] satisfying the equation Hc^(T)=0 can be successively obtained by setting the element of each row to 0 in order from the element of the first row in the column vector Hc^(T) in the equation Hc^(T)=0 in the case where the parity matrix H_(T) of the check matrix H=[H_(A)|H_(T)] has the dual diagonal structure illustrated in FIG. 11.

The code parity computation unit 615 obtains parity bits T for information bits A from the information bit reading unit 614 and outputs a code word c=[A|T] represented by the information bits A and the parity bits T as an LDPC coding result of the information bits A.

Subsequently, the control unit 616 determines whether to end the LDPC coding in step S206. If it is determined not to end the LDPC coding in step S206, that is, if, for example, there is still LDPC target data to be applied with LDPC coding, the process returns to step S201 (or step S204), and the process of steps S201 (or S204) to S206 is repeated.

In addition, if it is determined to end the LDPC coding in step S206, that is, if, for example, there is no LDPC target data to be applied with LDPC coding, the LDPC encoder 115 ends the process.

Check matrix initial value tables (representing check matrices) of LDPC codes with various code lengths N and code rates r can be prepared for the LDPC encoder 115. The LDPC encoder 115 can use the check matrices H generated from the prepared check matrix initial value tables to apply the LDPC coding to the LDPC codes with various code lengths N and code rates r.

<Example of Check Matrix Initial Value Table>

The check matrix initial value table is, for example, a table indicating, on the basis of 360 columns (unit size P), the positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix H_(A) (FIG. 10) of the check matrix H corresponding to the information length K according to the code length N and the code rate r of the LDPC code (LDPC code defined by the check matrix H). The check matrix initial value table is created in advance for each check matrix H with each code length N and each code rate r.

That is, the check matrix initial value table at least indicates the positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix H_(A) on the basis of 360 columns (unit size P).

In addition, the check matrices H include a check matrix, in which the entire parity matrix H_(T) has the dual diagonal structure, and a check matrix, in which part of the parity matrix H_(T) has the dual diagonal structure, and the remaining part is a diagonal matrix (identity matrix).

Hereinafter, the expression system of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix in which part of the parity matrix H_(T) has the dual diagonal structure, and the remaining part is the diagonal matrix will also be referred to as a type A system. In addition, the expression system of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix in which the entire parity matrix H_(T) has the dual diagonal structure will also be referred to as a type B system.

In addition, the LDPC code for the check matrix indicated by the check matrix initial value table of the type A system will also be referred to as a type A code, and the LDPC code for the check matrix indicated by the check matrix initial value table of the type B system will also be referred to as a type B code.

The names “type A” and “type B” are names compliant with the standard of ATSC3.0. For example, both the type A code and the type B code are adopted in ATSC3.0.

Note that the type B code is adopted in DVB-T.2 and the like.

FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table of the type B system.

That is, FIG. 20 illustrates a check matrix initial value table (indicating the check matrix H) of the type B code defined in the standard of DVB-T.2, in which the code length N is 16200 bits, and the code rate (code rate described in DVB-T.2) r is 1/4.

The check matrix generation unit 613 (FIG. 18) uses the check matrix initial value table of the type B system to obtain the check matrix H as follows.

FIG. 21 is a diagram describing a method of obtaining the check matrix H from the check matrix initial value table of the type B system.

That is, FIG. 21 illustrates a check matrix initial value table of the type B code defined in the standard of DVB-T.2, in which the code length N is 16200 bits, and the code rate r is 2/3.

The check matrix initial value table of the type B system is a table indicating, on the basis of 360 columns (unit size P), the positions of elements of 1 in the entire information matrix H_(A) corresponding to the information length K according to the code length N and the code rate r of the LDPC code. In an ith row of the check matrix initial value table, the row numbers of elements of 1 in a (1+360×(i−1))th column of the check matrix H (row numbers in which the row numbers of the first row of the check matrix H are 0) are arranged, and the number of row numbers is equivalent to the column weight of the (1+360×(i−1))th column.

Here, the parity matrix H_(T) (FIG. 10) of the check matrix H of the type B system corresponding to the parity length M has the dual diagonal structure as illustrated in FIG. 15, and the check matrix H can be obtained if the check matrix initial value table can be used to obtain the information matrix H_(A) (FIG. 10) corresponding to the information length K.

The number of rows k+1 of the check matrix initial value table of the type B system varies according to the information length K.

The relationship of Equation (9) holds between the information length K and the number of rows K+1 of the check matrix initial value table. K=(k+1)×360  (9)

Here, 360 of Equation (9) is the unit size P described in FIG. 16.

In the check matrix initial value table of FIG. 21, thirteen numerical values are arranged from the 1st row to the 3rd row, and three numerical values are arranged from the 4th row to the (k+1)th row (30th row in FIG. 21).

Therefore, the column weight of the check matrix H obtained from the check matrix initial value table of FIG. 21 is 13 from the 1st column to the (1+360×(3−1)−1)th column and is 3 from the (1+360×(3-1))th column to the Kth column.

The first row of the check matrix initial value table in FIG. 21 indicates 0, 2084, 1613, 1548, 1286, 1460, 3196, 4297, 2481, 3369, 3451, 4620, and 2622, and this indicates that the elements of the rows with row numbers 0, 2084, 1613, 1548, 1286, 1460, 3196, 4297, 2481, 3369, 3451, 4620, and 2622 are 1 (and other elements are 0) in the first column of the check matrix H.

Furthermore, the second row of the check matrix initial value table in FIG. 21 indicates 1, 122, 1516, 3448, 2880, 1407, 1847, 3799, 3529, 373, 971, 4358, and 3108, and this indicates that the elements of the rows with row numbers 1, 122, 1516, 3448, 2880, 1407, 1847, 3799, 3529, 373, 971, 4358, and 3108 are 1 in the 361 (=1+360×(2−1))st column of the check matrix H.

In this way, the check matrix initial value table indicates the positions of the elements of 1 in the information matrix H_(A) of the check matrix H on the basis of 360 columns.

For each column other than the (1+360×(i−1))th column in the check matrix H, that is, for each column from the (2+360×(i−1))th column to the (360×i)th column, the elements of 1 are arranged after applying periodical cyclic shifting to the elements of 1 in the (1+360×(i−1))th column, which is determined by the check matrix initial value table, in the downward direction (downward direction of columns) according to the parity length M.

That is, for example, cyclic shifting is applied to the (1+360×(i−1))th column downward by an amount of M/360 (=q) to obtain the (2+360×(i−1))th column, and cyclic shifting is applied to the (1+360×(i−1))th column downward by an amount of 2×M/360 (=2×q) (cyclic shifting is applied to the (2+360×(i−1))th column downward by an amount of M/360 (=q)) to obtain the next (3+360×(i−1))th column.

Now, a row number H_(w)-3 of the element of 1 in a wth column that is a column other than the (1+360×(i−1))th column of the check matrix H can be obtained by Equation (10), where h_(i,j) represents the numerical value of the jth column (jth from the left) of the ith row (ith from the top) in the check matrix initial value table, and H_(w-j) represents the row number of the jth element of 1 in the wth column of the check matrix H. H _(w-j)=mod{h _(i,j)+mod((w−1),P)×q,M}  (10)

Here, mod(x,y) denotes a remainder after dividing x by y.

In addition, P represents the unit size, and P in the present embodiment is, for example, 360 as in the standard of DVB-T.2 or ATSC3.0. Furthermore, q represents a value M/360 obtained by dividing the parity length M by the unit size P (=360).

The check matrix generation unit 613 (FIG. 18) uses the check matrix initial value table to specify the row numbers of the elements of 1 in the (1+360×(i−1))th column of the check matrix H.

The check matrix generation unit 613 (FIG. 18) further uses Equation (10) to obtain the row numbers H_(w-j) of the elements of 1 in the wth column that is a column other than the (1+360×(i−1))th column in the check matrix H and generates the check matrix H in which the elements of the obtained row numbers are 1.

FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating the structure of the check matrix H of the type A system.

The check matrix of the type A system includes a matrix A, a matrix B, a matrix C, a matrix D, and a matrix Z.

The matrix A is a matrix with M1 rows and K columns on the upper left of the check matrix H expressed by a predetermined value M1 and the information length K=code length N×code rate r of the LDPC code.

The matrix B is a matrix with M1 rows and M1 columns in the dual diagonal structure adjacent to and on the right of the matrix A.

The matrix C is a matrix with N−K−M1 rows and K+M1 columns adjacent to and below the matrix A and the matrix B.

The matrix D is an identity matrix with N−K−M1 rows and N−K−M1 columns adjacent to and on the right of the matrix C.

The matrix Z is a zero matrix (0 matrix) with M1 rows and N−K−M1 columns adjacent to and on the right of the matrix B.

In the check matrix H of the type A system including the matrices A to D and the matrix Z, the matrix A and part of the matrix C provide the information matrix, and the matrix B, the remaining part of the matrix C, the matrix D, and the matrix Z provide the parity matrix.

Note that the matrix B is a matrix in the dual diagonal structure, and the matrix D is an identity matrix. Therefore, part (part of matrix B) of the parity matrix in the check matrix H of the type A system has a dual diagonal structure, and the remaining part (part of matrix D) is a diagonal matrix (identity matrix).

The matrix A and the matrix C have the cyclic structures on the basis of the columns in the unit size P (for example, 360 columns) as in the information matrix of the check matrix H of the type B system, and the check matrix initial value table of the type A system indicates the positions of the elements of 1 in the matrix A and the matrix C on the basis of 360 columns.

Here, the matrix A and part of the matrix C provide the information matrix as described above. Therefore, it can be stated that the check matrix initial value table of the type A system indicating the positions of the elements of 1 in the matrix A and the matrix C on the basis of 360 columns at least indicates the positions of the elements of 1 in the information matrix on the basis of 360 columns.

Note that the check matrix initial value table of the type A system indicates the positions of the elements of 1 in the matrix A and the matrix C on the basis of 360 columns. Therefore, it can also be stated that the check matrix initial value table indicates the positions of the elements of 1 in part of the check matrix (remaining part of the matrix C) on the basis of 360 columns.

FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table of the type A system.

That is, FIG. 23 illustrates an example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H in which the code length N is 35 bits, and the code rate r is 2/7.

The check matrix initial value table of the type A system is a table indicating the positions of the elements of 1 in the matrix A and the matrix C on the basis of the unit size P. In an ith row of the check matrix initial value table, the row numbers of the elements of 1 in a (1+P×(i−1))th column of the check matrix H (row numbers in which the row numbers of the first rows of the check matrix H are 0) are arranged, and the number of row numbers is equivalent to the column weight of the (1+P×(i−1))th column.

Note that the unit size P is, for example, 5 here to simplify the description.

Parameters of the check matrix H of the type A system include M1, M2, Q1, and Q2.

M1 (FIG. 22) is a parameter for determining the size of the matrix B and is a multiple of the unit size P. M1 is adjusted to change the performance of the LDPC code, and M1 is adjusted to a predetermined value to determine the check matrix H. It is assumed here that 15, that is three times the unit size P=5, is adopted as M1.

M2 (FIG. 22) is a value M-M1 obtained by subtracting M1 from the parity length M.

Here, the information length K is N×r=35×2/7=10, and the parity length M is N−K=35−10=25. Therefore, M2 is M-M1=25−15=10.

Q1 is obtained according to an equation Q1=M1/P, and Q1 represents the number of shifts (the number of rows) of the cyclic shift in the matrix A.

That is, for each column other than the (1+P×(i−1))th column of the check matrix A in the check matrix H of the type A system, that is, for each column from the (2+P×(i−1))th column to the (P×i)th column, the elements of 1 are arranged after applying periodical cyclic shifting in the downward direction (downward direction of columns) to the elements of 1 in the (1+P×(i−1))th column determined by the check matrix initial value table. Q1 represents the number of shifts of the cyclic shift in the matrix A.

Q2 is obtained according to an equation Q2=M2/P, and Q2 represents the number of shifts (the number of rows) of the cyclic shift in the matrix C.

That is, for each column other than the (1+P×(i−1))th column of the check matrix C in the check matrix H of the type A system, that is, for each column from the (2+P×(i−1))th column to the (P×i)th column, the elements of 1 are arranged after applying periodical cyclic shifting in the downward direction (downward direction of columns) to the elements of 1 in the (1+P×(i−1))th column determined by the check matrix initial value table. Q2 represents the number of shifts of the cyclic shift in the matrix C.

Here, Q1 is M1/P=15/5=3, and Q2 is M2/P=10/5=2.

In the check matrix initial value table of FIG. 23, three numerical values are arranged in the first and second rows, and one numerical value is arranged in the third to fifth rows. According to the arrangement of the numerical values, the column weight of the parts of the matrix A and the matrix C in the check matrix H obtained from the check matrix initial value table of FIG. 23 is 3 from the 1(=1+5×(1−1))st row to the 10(=5×2)th row and is 1 from the 11(=1+5×(3−1))th row to the 25=(5×5)th row.

That is, the first row of the check matrix initial value table of FIG. 23 indicates 2, 6, and 18, and this indicates that the elements of the rows with row numbers 2, 6, and 18 are 1 (and other elements are 0) in the first column of the check matrix H.

Here, in this case, the matrix A (FIG. 22) is a matrix with 15 rows and 10 columns (M1 rows and K columns), and the matrix C (FIG. 22) is a matrix with 10 rows and 25 columns (N−K-M1 rows and K+M1 columns). Therefore, the rows with row numbers 0 to 14 in the check matrix H are rows of the matrix A, and the rows with row numbers 15 to 24 in the check matrix H are rows of the matrix C.

Thus, of the rows with row numbers 2, 6, and 18 (hereinafter, described as rows #2, #6, and #18), the rows #2 and #6 are rows of the matrix A, and the row #18 is a row of the matrix C.

The second row of the check matrix initial value table in FIG. 23 indicates 2, 10, 19, and this indicates that the elements of the rows #2, #10, and #19 are 1 in the 6(=1+5×(2-1))th column of the check matrix H.

Here, in the 6(=1+5×(2-1))th column of the check matrix H, the rows #2 and #10 of the rows #2, #10, and #19 are rows of the matrix A, and the row #19 is a row of the matrix C.

The third row of the check matrix initial value table in FIG. 23 indicates 22, and this indicates that the element of the row #22 is 1 in the 11(=1+5×(3−1))th column of the check matrix H.

Here, the row #22 in the 11(=1+5×(3−1))th column of the check matrix H is a row of the matrix C.

Similarly, 19 in the fourth row of the check matrix initial value table in FIG. 23 indicates that the element of the row #19 is 1 in the 16(=1+5×(4-1))th column of the check matrix H, and 15 in the fifth row of the check matrix initial value table in FIG. 23 indicates that the element of the row #15 is 1 in the 21(=1+5×(5-1))st column of the check matrix H.

In this way, the check matrix initial value table indicates the positions of the elements of 1 in the matrix A and the matrix C of the check matrix H on the basis of the unit size P=5 columns.

For each column other than the (1+5×(i−1))th column of the matrix A and the matrix C in the check matrix H, that is, for each column from the (2+5×(i−1))th column to the (5×i)th column, the elements of 1 are arranged after applying periodical cyclic shifting to the elements of 1 in the (1+5×(i−1))th column, which is determined by the check matrix initial value table, in the downward direction (downward direction of columns) according to the parameters Q1 and Q2.

That is, for example, cyclic shifting is applied to the (1+5×(i−1))th column downward by an amount of Q1 (=3) to obtain the (2+5×(i−1))th column of the matrix A, and cyclic shifting is applied to the (1+5×(i−1))th column downward by an amount of 2×Q1 (=2×3) (cyclic shifting is applied to the (2+5×(i−1))th column downward by an amount of Q1) to obtain the next (3+5×(i−1))th column.

In addition, for example, cyclic shifting is applied to the (1+5×(i−1))th column downward by an amount of Q2 (=2) to obtain the (2+5×(i−1))th column of the matrix C, and cyclic shifting is applied to the (1+5×(i−1))th column downward by an amount of 2×Q2 (=2×2) (cyclic shifting is applied to the (2+5×(i−1))th column downward by an amount of Q2) to obtain the next (3+5×(i−1))th column.

FIG. 24 is a diagram illustrating the matrix A generated from the check matrix initial value table of FIG. 23.

In the matrix A of FIG. 24, the elements of the rows #2 and #6 in the 1(=1+5×(1−1))st column are 1 according to the first row of the check matrix initial value table in FIG. 23.

In addition, each column from the 2(=2+5×(1−1))nd column to the 5(=5+5×(1−1))th column is obtained by applying cyclic shifting to the column just before the column in the downward direction by an amount of Q1=3.

Furthermore, in the matrix A of FIG. 24, the elements of the rows #2 and #10 in the 6(=1+5×(2−1))th column are 1 according to the second row of the check matrix initial value table in FIG. 23.

In addition, each column from the 7(=2+5×(2−1))th column to the 10(=5+5×(2−1))th column is obtained by applying cyclic shifting to the column just before the column in the downward direction by an amount of Q1=3.

FIG. 25 is a diagram illustrating parity interleaving of the matrix B.

The check matrix generation unit 613 (FIG. 18) uses the check matrix initial value table to generate the matrix A and arranges the matrix B in the dual diagonal structure on the right and adjacent to the matrix A. The check matrix generation unit 613 then assumes that the matrix B is a parity matrix and performs the parity interleaving such that adjacent elements of 1 in the matrix B in the dual diagonal structure are separated by the unit size P=5 in the row direction.

FIG. 25 illustrates the matrix A and the matrix B after the parity interleaving of the matrix B of FIG. 24.

FIG. 26 is a diagram illustrating the matrix C generated from the check matrix initial value table of FIG. 23.

In the matrix C of FIG. 26, the element of the row #18 in the 1(=1+5×(1−1))st column of the check matrix H is 1 according to the first row of the check matrix initial value table of FIG. 23.

In addition, each column from the 2(=2+5×(1−1))nd column to the 5(=5+5×(1−1))th column of the matrix C is obtained by applying cyclic shifting to the column just before the column downward by an amount of Q2=2.

Furthermore, in the matrix C of FIG. 26, the elements of the row #19 of the 6(=1+5×(2-1))th column, the row #22 of the 11(=1+5×(3−1))th column, the row #19 of the 16(=1+5×(4−1))th column, and the row #15 of the 21(=1+5×(5−1))st column of the check matrix H are 1 according to the second to fifth rows of the check matrix initial value table of FIG. 23.

In addition, each column from the 7(=2+5×(2−1))th column to the 10(=5+5×(2−1))th column, each column from the 12(=2+5×(3−1))th column to the 15(=5+5×(3−1))th column, each column from the 17(=2+5×(4−1))th column to the 20(=5+5×(4−1))th column, and each column from the 22(=2+5×(5−1))nd column to the 25(=5+5×(5−1))th column are obtained by applying cyclic shifting to the columns just before the columns downward by an amount of Q2=2.

The check matrix generation unit 613 (FIG. 18) uses the check matrix initial value table to generate the matrix C and arranges the matrix C below the matrix A and the matrix B (after parity interleaving).

The check matrix generation unit 613 further arranges the matrix Z on the right and adjacent to the matrix B and arranges the matrix D on the right and adjacent to the matrix C to generate the check matrix H illustrated in FIG. 26.

FIG. 27 is a diagram illustrating parity interleaving of the matrix D.

After generating the check matrix H of FIG. 26, the check matrix generation unit 613 assumes that the matrix D is a parity matrix and performs parity interleaving (of only the matrix D) such that elements of 1 in an odd row and the next even row in the matrix D as the identity matrix are separated by the unit size P=5 in the row direction.

FIG. 27 illustrates the check matrix H after the parity interleaving of the matrix D in the check matrix H of FIG. 26.

The LDPC encoder 115 (code parity computation unit 615 (FIG. 18) of the LDPC encoder 115) uses, for example, the check matrix H of FIG. 27 to perform the LDPC coding (generate the LDPC code).

Here, the LDPC code generated by using the check matrix H of FIG. 27 is an LDPC code after the parity interleaving. Therefore, the parity interleaver 23 (FIG. 9) does not have to perform the parity interleaving for the LDPC code generated by using the check matrix H of FIG. 27.

FIG. 28 is a diagram illustrating the check matrix H after applying column permutation, which is parity deinterleaving for deinterleaving of the parity interleaving, to the matrix B, part of the matrix C (part of the matrix C arranged below the matrix B), and the matrix D of the check matrix H of FIG. 27.

The LDPC encoder 115 can use the check matrix H of FIG. 28 to perform the LDPC coding (generate the LDPC code).

In the case of using the check matrix H of FIG. 28 to perform the LDPC coding, an LDPC code without the parity interleaving is obtained according to the LDPC coding. Therefore, in the case of using the check matrix H of FIG. 28 to perform the LDPC coding, the parity interleaver 23 (FIG. 9) performs the parity interleaving.

FIG. 29 is a diagram illustrating a transformed check matrix H obtained by applying the row permutation to the check matrix H of FIG. 27.

As described later, the transformed check matrix is a matrix represented by a combination of a P×P identity matrix, a quasi-identity matrix in which one or more elements of 1 in the identity matrix are 0, a shift matrix obtained by applying cyclic shifting to the identity matrix or the quasi-identity matrix, a sum matrix that is a sum of two or more of the identity matrix, the quasi-identity matrix, and the shift matrix, and a P×P 0 matrix.

The transformed check matrix can be used for decoding the LDPC code to adopt architecture for performing the check node computation and the variable node computation for P times at the same time in decoding the LDPC code as described later.

<New LDPC Code>

One of the methods of ensuring favorable communication quality in the data transmission using the LDPC code includes a method of using a high-quality LDPC code.

Hereinafter, a new high-quality LDPC code (hereinafter, also referred to as new LDPC code) will be described.

Examples of the new LDPC code that can be adopted include a type A code and a type B code corresponding to the check matrix H with the cyclic structure, in which the unit size P is 360 as in DVB-T.2, ATSC3.0, and the like.

The LDPC encoder 115 (FIG. 8, FIG. 18) can perform LDPC coding into the new LDPC code by using the following check matrix initial value table (check matrix H obtained from the table) of the new LDPC code, in which the code length N is, for example, 69120 bits longer than 64 k bits, and the code rate r is, for example, one of 2/16, 3/16, 4/16, 5/16, 6/16, 7/16, 8/16, 9/16, 10/16, 11/16, 12/16, 13/16, and 14/16.

In this case, the check matrix initial value table of the new LDPC code is stored in the storage unit 602 of the LDPC encoder 115 (FIG. 8).

FIG. 30 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table (type A system) indicating the check matrix H of the type A code as a new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, and the code rate r is 2/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type A code at r=2/16).

FIGS. 31 and 32 are diagrams illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type A code as a new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, and the code rate r is 3/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type A code at r=3/16).

Note that FIG. 32 is a diagram continued from FIG. 31.

FIG. 33 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type A code as a new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, and the code rate r is 4/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type A code at r=4/16).

FIGS. 34 and 35 are diagrams illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type A code as a new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, and the code rate r is 5/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type A code at r=5/16).

Note that FIG. 35 is a diagram continued from FIG. 34.

FIGS. 36 and 37 are diagrams illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type A code as a new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, and the code rate r is 6/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type A code at r=6/16).

Note that FIG. 37 is a diagram continued from FIG. 36.

FIGS. 38 and 39 are diagrams illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type A code as a new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, and the code rate r is 7/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type A code at r=7/16).

Note that FIG. 39 is a diagram continued from FIG. 38.

FIGS. 40 and 41 are diagrams illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type A code as a new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, and the code rate r is 8/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type A code at r=8/16).

Note that FIG. 41 is a diagram continued from FIG. 40.

FIGS. 42 and 43 are diagrams illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table (type B system) indicating the check matrix H of the type B code as a new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, and the code rate r is 7/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type B code at r=7/16).

Note that FIG. 43 is a diagram continued from FIG. 42.

FIGS. 44 and 45 are diagrams illustrating another example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type B code at r=7/16.

Note that FIG. 45 is a diagram continued from FIG. 44. The type B code at r=7/16 obtained from the check matrix initial value table (check matrix H indicated by the table) of FIGS. 44 and 45 will also be referred to as another type B code at r=7/16.

FIGS. 46 and 47 are diagrams illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type B code as a new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, and the code rate r is 8/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type B code at r=8/16).

Note that FIG. 47 is a diagram continued from FIG. 46.

FIGS. 48 and 49 are diagrams illustrating another example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type B code at r=8/16.

Note that FIG. 49 is a diagram continued from FIG. 48. The type B code at r=8/16 obtained from the check matrix initial value table of FIGS. 48 and 49 will also be referred to as another type B code at r=8/16.

FIGS. 50, 51, and 52 are diagrams illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type B code as a new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, and the code rate r is 9/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type B code at r=9/16).

Note that FIG. 51 is a diagram continued from FIG. 50, and FIG. 52 is a diagram continued from FIG. 51.

FIGS. 53, 54, and 55 are diagrams illustrating another example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type B code at r=9/16.

Note that FIG. 54 is a diagram continued from FIG. 53, and FIG. 55 is a diagram continued from FIG. 54. The type B code at r=9/16 obtained from the check matrix initial value table of FIGS. 53 to 55 will also be referred to as another type B code at r=9/16.

FIGS. 56, 57, and 58 are diagrams illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type B code as a new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, and the code rate r is 10/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type B code at r=10/16).

Note that FIG. 57 is a diagram continued from FIG. 56, and FIG. 58 is a diagram continued from FIG. 57.

FIGS. 59, 60, and 61 are diagrams illustrating another example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type B code at r=10/16.

Note that FIG. 60 is a diagram continued from FIG. 59, and FIG. 61 is a diagram continued from FIG. 60. The type B code at r=10/16 obtained from the check matrix initial value table of FIGS. 59 to 61 will also be referred to as another type B code at r=10/16.

FIGS. 62, 63, and 64 are diagrams illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type B code as a new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, and the code rate r is 11/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type B code at r=11/16).

Note that FIG. 63 is a diagram continued from FIG. 62, and FIG. 64 is a diagram continued from FIG. 63.

FIGS. 65, 66, and 67 are diagrams illustrating another example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type B code at r=11/16.

Note that FIG. 66 is a diagram continued from FIG. 65, and FIG. 67 is a diagram continued from FIG. 66. The type B code at r=11/16 obtained from the check matrix initial value table of FIGS. 65 to 67 will also be referred to as another type B code at r=11/16.

FIGS. 68, 69, and 70 are diagrams illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type B code as a new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, and the code rate r is 12/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type B code at r=12/16).

Note that FIG. 69 is a diagram continued from FIG. 68, and FIG. 70 is a diagram continued from FIG. 69.

FIGS. 71, 72, and 73 are diagrams illustrating another example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type B code at r=12/16.

Note that FIG. 72 is a diagram continued from FIG. 71, and FIG. 73 is a diagram continued from FIG. 72. The type B code at r=12/16 obtained from the check matrix initial value table of FIGS. 71 to 73 will also be referred to as another type B code at r=12/16.

FIGS. 74, 75, and 76 are diagrams illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type B code as a new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, and the code rate r is 13/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type B code at r=13/16).

Note that FIG. 75 is a diagram continued from FIG. 74, and FIG. 76 is a diagram continued from FIG. 75.

FIGS. 77, 78, and 79 are diagrams illustrating another example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type B code at r=13/16.

Note that FIG. 78 is a diagram continued from FIG. 77, and FIG. 79 is a diagram continued from FIG. 78. The type B code at r=13/16 obtained from the check matrix initial value table of FIGS. 77 to 79 will also be referred to as another type B code at r=13/16.

FIGS. 80, 81, and 82 are diagrams illustrating an example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type B code as a new LDPC code, in which the code length N is 69120 bits, and the code rate r is 14/16 (hereinafter, also referred to as type B code at r=14/16).

Note that FIG. 81 is a diagram continued from FIG. 80, and FIG. 82 is a diagram continued from FIG. 81.

FIGS. 83, 84, and 85 are diagrams illustrating another example of the check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix H of the type B code at r=14/16.

Note that FIG. 84 is a diagram continued from FIG. 83, and FIG. 85 is a diagram continued from FIG. 84. The type B code at r=14/16 obtained from the check matrix initial value table of FIGS. 83 to 85 will also be referred to as another type B code at r=14/16.

The new LDPC code is a high-quality LDPC code.

Here, the high-quality LDPC code is an LDPC code obtained from an appropriate check matrix H.

The appropriate check matrix H is, for example, a check matrix satisfying predetermined conditions that reduce the BER (bit error rate) (and FER (frame error rate)) when the LDPC code obtained from the check matrix H is transmitted at low E_(s)/N₀ or E_(b)/N_(o) (signal power to noise power ratio per bit).

The appropriate check matrix H can be obtained by performing simulation for measuring the BER when, for example, the LDPC codes obtained from various check matrices satisfying the predetermined conditions are transmitted at low E_(s)/N_(o).

Examples of the predetermined conditions to be satisfied by the appropriate check matrix H include that an analysis result obtained by a method called density evolution for analyzing the performance of the code is favorable and that there is no loop of elements of 1 called cycle-4.

Here, it is known that the decoding performance of the LDPC code is degraded if the information matrix H_(A) is crowded with elements of 1 as in the cycle-4. Therefore, it is desirable that there is no cycle-4 in the check matrix H.

In the check matrix H, the minimum value of the length of the loop (loop length) including elements of 1 is called girth. The absence of cycle-4 means that the girth is greater than 4.

Note that predetermined conditions to be satisfied by the appropriate check matrix H can be appropriately determined from the viewpoint of improving the decoding performance of the LDPC code or facilitating (simplifying) the decoding process of the LDPC code.

FIGS. 86 and 87 are diagrams for describing density evolution that can obtain analysis results as predetermined conditions to be satisfied by the appropriate check matrix H.

The density evolution is an analysis method of code for calculating an expected value of the error rate for the entire LDPC code (ensemble) in which the code length N characterized by a degree sequence described later is ∞.

For example, when the variance of noise is gradually increased from 0 on an AWGN channel, the expected value of the error rate of an ensemble is 0 at first, but the expected value is not 0 anymore once the variance of noise becomes equal to or greater than a certain threshold.

According to the density evolution, the thresholds of the variance of noise (hereinafter, also referred to as performance thresholds), with which the expected value of the error rate is not 0 anymore, can be compared to determine the quality of the performance of ensemble (appropriateness of check matrix).

Note that for a specific LDPC code, the ensemble of the LDPC code can be determined, and the density evolution can be applied to the ensemble to estimate approximate performance of the LDPC code.

Therefore, a high-quality ensemble can be found to find the high-quality LDPC code from the LDPC codes belonging to the ensemble.

Here, the degree sequence indicates the ratio of the variable nodes and the check nodes with weight of each value to the code length N of the LDPC code.

For example, a regular (3, 6) LDPC code at the code rate of 1/2 belongs to an ensemble characterized by a degree sequence, in which the weight (column weight) of all of the variable nodes is 3, and the weight (row weight) of all of the check nodes is 6.

FIG. 86 illustrates a Tanner graph of the ensemble.

In the Tanner graph of FIG. 86, the number of variable nodes indicated by circles (o marks) in the figure is N equal to the code length N, and the number of check nodes indicated by rectangles (D marks) in the figure is N/2 equal to a multiplication value obtained by multiplying the code length N by the code rate 1/2.

Three edges equal to the column weight are connected to each variable node, and therefore, the number of edges connected to the N variable nodes is 3N in total.

In addition, six edges equal to the row weight are connected to each check node, and therefore, the number of edges connected to the N/2 check nodes is 3N in total.

Furthermore, there is one interleaver in the Tanner graph of FIG. 86.

The interleaver randomly rearranges the 3N edges connected to the N variable nodes and connects each edge after the rearrangement to one of the 3N edges connected to the N/2 check nodes.

In the interleaver, there are (3N)! (=(3N)×(3N−1)×. . . ×1) rearrangement patterns of rearranging the 3N edges connected to the N variable nodes. Therefore, a set of (3N)! LDPC codes is included in the ensemble characterized by the degree sequence, in which the weight of all of the variable nodes is 3, and the weight of all of the check nodes is 6.

In the simulation for obtaining the high-quality LDPC code (appropriate check matrix), a multi-edge type ensemble is used in the density evolution.

In the multi-edge type, the interleaver linked to the edges connected to the variable nodes and linked to the edges connected to the check nodes is divided into a plurality of interleavers (multi edge), and as a result, the ensemble is more strictly characterized.

FIG. 87 illustrates an example of a Tanner graph of the multi-edge type ensemble.

There are two interleavers including a first interleaver and a second interleaver in the Tanner graph of FIG. 87.

The Tanner graph of FIG. 87 also includes v1 variable nodes each including one edge connected to the first interleaver and zero edges connected to the second interleaver, v2 variable nodes each including one edge connected to the first interleaver and two edges connected to the second interleaver, and v3 variable nodes each including zero edges connected to the first interleaver and two edges connected to the second interleaver.

The Tanner graph of FIG. 87 further includes c1 check nodes each including two edges connected to the first interleaver and zero edges connected to the second interleaver, c2 check nodes each including two edges connected to the first interleaver and two edges connected to the second interleaver, and c3 check nodes each including zero edges connected to the first interleaver and three edges connected to the second interleaver.

Here, the density evolution and the implementation of the density evolution are described in, for example, “On the Design of Low-Density Parity-Check Codes within 0.0045 dB of the Shannon Limit,” S. Y. Chung, G. D. Forney, T. J. Richardson, R. Urbanke, IEEE Communications Leggers, VOL.5, No. 2, February 2001.

In the simulation for obtaining the new LDPC code (check matrix of the new LDPC code), the multi-edge type density evolution is used to find an ensemble in which the performance threshold, which is E_(b)/N₀ (signal power to noise power ratio per bit) at which the BER starts to drop (starts to decrease), becomes equal to or smaller than a predetermined value. An LDPC code that reduces the BER in the case of using one or more quadrature modulations, such as QPSK, is selected as a high-quality LDPC code from the LDPC codes belonging to the ensemble.

The new LDPC code (check matrix initial value table indicating the check matrix of the new LDPC code) is obtained by the simulation.

Therefore, according to the new LDPC code, favorable communication quality can be ensured in the data transmission.

FIG. 88 is a diagram describing the column weights of the check matrix H of the type A code as a new LDPC code.

For the check matrix H of the type A code, Y1 represents the column weight of K1 columns from the first column of the matrix A, Y2 represents the column weight of the following K2 columns of the matrix A, X1 represents the column weight of K1 columns from the first column of the matrix C, X2 represents the column weight of the following K2 columns of the matrix C, and X3 represents the column weight of the following M1 columns of the matrix C as illustrated in FIG. 88.

Note that K1+K2 is equal to the information length K, and M1+M2 is equal to the parity length M. Therefore, K1+K2+M1+M2 is equal to the code length N=69120 bits.

In addition, the column weight of M1-1 columns from the first column of the matrix B is 2, and the column weight of the M1th column (last column) of the matrix B is 1 in the check matrix H of the type A code. Furthermore, the column weight of the matrix D is 1, and the column weight of the matrix Z is 0.

FIG. 89 is a diagram illustrating parameters of the check matrix H of the type A code (indicated in the check matrix initial value table) of FIGS. 30 to 41.

Parameters X1, Y1, K1, X2, Y2, K2, X3, M1, and M2 and the performance threshold of the check matrix H of the type A code at r=2/16, 3/16, 4/16, 5/16, 6/16, 7/16, and 8/16 are as illustrated in FIG. 89.

The parameters X1, Y1, K1 (or K2), X2, Y2, X3, and M1 (or M2) are set to further improve the performance (for example, error rate) of the LDPC code.

FIG. 90 is a diagram describing the column weights of the check matrix H of the type B code as a new LDPC code.

For the check matrix H of the type B code, X1 represents the column weight of KX1 columns from the first column, X2 represents the column weight of the following KX2 columns, Y1 represents the column weight of the following KY1 columns, and Y2 represents the column weight of the following KY2 columns as illustrated in FIG. 90.

Note that KX1+KX2+KY1+KY2 is equal to the information length K, and KX1+KX2+KY1+KY2+M is equal to the code length N=69120 bits.

In addition, the column weight of M−1 columns of the last M columns excluding the last one column is 2, and the column weight of the last one column is 1 in the check matrix H of the type B code.

FIG. 91 is a diagram illustrating parameters of the check matrix H of the type B code (indicated in the check matrix initial value table) of FIGS. 42 to 85.

Parameters X1, KX1, X2, KX2, Y1, KY1, Y2, KY2, and M and the performance threshold of the check matrix H of the type B code and another type B code at r=7/16, 8/16, 9/16, 10/16, 11/16, 12/16, 13/16, and 14/16 are as illustrated in FIG. 91.

The parameters X1, KX1, X2, KX2, Y1, KY1, Y2, and KY2 are set to further improve the performance of the LDPC code.

<Simulation Results>

FIGS. 92 and 93 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit the type A code at r=2/16.

In the simulation, an AWGN channel is adopted as the communication channel 13 (FIG. 7), and the iterations C (it) for decoding the LDPC code is 50.

The capacity (communication channel capacity) represents the amount of information that can be transmitted by 1 symbol, and the capacity at E_(s)/N₀ (signal power to noise power ratio per symbol) with BER of 10⁻⁶ is obtained in the simulation.

Note that in the diagram of the BER/FER curve, the solid line represents the BER, and the dotted line represents the FER. The diagram of the capacity also illustrates the Shannon limit along with the capacity for the LDPC code. This is similar in the following diagrams of simulation results.

FIGS. 94 and 95 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit the type A code at r=3/16.

FIGS. 96 and 97 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit the type A code at r=4/16.

FIGS. 98 and 99 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit the type A code at r=5/16.

FIGS. 100 and 101 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit the type A code at r=6/16.

FIGS. 102 and 103 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit the type A code at r=7/16.

FIGS. 104 and 105 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit the type A code at r=8/16.

FIGS. 106 and 107 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit the type B code at r=7/16.

FIGS. 108 and 109 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit another type B code at r=7/16.

FIGS. 110 and 111 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit the type B code at r=8/16.

FIGS. 112 and 113 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit another type B code at r=8/16.

FIGS. 114 and 115 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit the type B code at r=9/16.

FIGS. 116 and 117 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit another type B code at r=9/16.

FIGS. 118 and 119 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit the type B code at r=10/16.

FIGS. 120 and 121 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit another type B code at r=10/16.

FIGS. 122 and 123 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit the type B code at r=11/16.

FIGS. 124 and 125 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit another type B code at r=11/16.

FIGS. 126 and 127 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit the type B code at r=12/16.

FIGS. 128 and 129 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit another type B code at r=12/16.

FIGS. 130 and 131 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit the type B code at r=13/16.

FIGS. 132 and 133 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit another type B code at r=13/16.

FIGS. 134 and 135 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit the type B code at r=14/16.

FIGS. 136 and 137 are diagrams illustrating the BER/FER curve and the capacity, respectively, as simulation results of the simulation of using the QPSK to transmit another type B code at r=14/16.

According to the simulation results of FIGS. 92 to 137, it can be recognized that the new LDPC code realizes a favorable BER/FER and realizes a capacity close to the Shannon limit.

<Constellation>

FIGS. 138 to 141 are diagrams illustrating an example of the constellation adopted in the transmission system of FIG. 7.

In the transmission system of FIG. 7, the constellation to be used in MODCOD, which is a combination of modulation system (MODulation) and LDPC code (CODe), can be set for the MODCOD, for example.

One or more constellations can be set for one MODCOD.

The constellations include a UC (Uniform Constellation) with uniform arrangement of constellation points and an NUC (Non Uniform Constellation) with non-uniform arrangement of constellation points.

In addition, examples of the NUC include a constellation called 1D NUC (1-dimensional M²-QAM non-uniform constellation) and a constellation called 2D NUC (2-dimensional QQAM non-uniform constellation).

In general, the BER improves more in the 1D NUC than in the UC, and the BER improves more in the 2D NUC than in the 1D NUC.

The constellation in the modulation system of QPSK is the UC. The constellation in the modulation system of 16QAM, 64QAM, 256QAM, or the like can be, for example, the 2D NUC, and the constellation in the modulation system of 1024QAM, 4096QAM, or the like can be, for example, the 1D NUC.

In the transmission system of FIG. 7, the constellation defined in ATSC3.0 or the like can be used, for example.

That is, for example, the same constellation can be used for each code rate r of the LDPC code in the case where the modulation system is QPSK.

In addition, for example, the constellation of 2D NUC that varies according to the code rate r of the LDPC code can be used in the case where the modulation system is 16QAM, 64QAM, or 256QAM.

Furthermore, for example, the constellation of 1D NUC that various according to the code rate r of the LDPC code can be used in the case where the modulation system is 1024QAM or 4096QAM.

Hereinafter, some of the constellations defined in ATSC3.0 will be described.

FIG. 138 is a diagram illustrating coordinates of signal points of the constellation of UC used for all of the code rates of the LDPC code defined in ATSC3.0 in the case where the modulation system is QPSK.

In FIG. 138, “Input Data cell y” indicates a symbol of 2 bits mapped on the UC of QPSK, and “Constellation point z_(s)” indicates coordinates of the constellation point z_(s). Note that an index s of the constellation point z_(s) indicates discrete time of the symbol (time interval between a symbol and the next symbol).

In FIG. 138, the coordinates of the constellation point z_(s) are expressed in a form of a complex number, and j indicates an imaginary unit ((−1)).

FIG. 139 is a diagram illustrating coordinates of constellation points of the constellation of 2D NUC used for code rates r(CR)=2/15, 3/15, 4/15, 5/15, 6/15, 7/15, 8/15, 9/15, 10/15, 11/15, 12, 15, and 13/15 of the LDPC code defined in ATSC3.0 in the case where the modulation system is 16QAM.

In FIG. 139, the coordinates of the constellation points z_(s) are expressed in a form of a complex number, and j indicates an imaginary unit as in FIG. 138.

In FIG. 139, w # k represents coordinates of the constellation point in the first quadrant of the constellation.

In the 2D NUC, the constellation point in the second quadrant of the constellation is arranged at the position where the constellation point in the first quadrant is moved symmetrically to the Q axis, and the constellation point in the third quadrant of the constellation is arranged at the position where the constellation point in the first quadrant is moved symmetrically to the origin. In addition, the constellation point in the fourth quadrant of the constellation is arranged at the position where the constellation point in the first quadrant is moved symmetrically to the I axis.

Here, in the case where the modulation system is 2^(m)QAM, m bits are set as 1 symbol, and the 1 symbol is mapped on the constellation point corresponding to the symbol.

The symbols of m bits can be expressed by, for example, integer values from 0 to 2^(m)−1. Now, assuming that b=2^(m)/4 is set, symbols y(0), y(1), . . . , y(2^(m)−1) expressed by the integer values from 0 to 2^(m)-1 can be classified into four groups including symbols y(0) to y(b−1), symbols y(b) to y(2b−1), symbols y(2b) to y(3b−1), and symbols y(3b) to y(4b−1).

In FIG. 139, a suffix k of w # k indicates integer values in a range of 0 to b−1, and w # k indicates coordinates of the constellation points corresponding to the symbols (k) in the range of the symbols y(0) to y(b−1).

Furthermore, the coordinates of the constellation points corresponding to the symbols y(k+b) in the range of the symbols y(b) to y(2b−1) are represented by −conj(w # k), and the coordinates of the constellation points corresponding to the symbols y(k+2b) in the range of the symbols y(2b) to y(3b−1) are represented by conj (w # k). In addition, the coordinates of the constellation points corresponding to the symbols y(k+3b) in the range of the symbols y(3b) to y(4b−1) are represented by −w # k.

Here, conj (w # k) represents complex conjugate of w # k.

For example, in the case where the modulation system is 16QAM, b=2⁴/4=4 is set for the symbols y(0), y(1), . . . , and y(15) of m=4 bits, and the symbols are classified into four groups including symbols y(0) to y(3), symbols y(4) to y(7), symbols y(8) to y(11), and symbols y(12) to y(15).

In addition, for example, the symbol y(12) of the symbols y(0) to y(15) is a symbol y(k+3b)=y(0+3×4) in the range of symbols y(3b) to y(4b−1), and since k=0 is set, the coordinates of the constellation point corresponding to the symbol y(12) is −w # k=−w0.

Now, assuming that the code rate r(CR) of the LDPC code is, for example, 9/15, w0 is 0.2386+j0.5296 in the case where the modulation system is 16QAM, and the code rate r is 9/15 according to FIG. 139. Therefore, the coordinates −w0 of the constellation point corresponding to the symbol y(12) is −(0.2386+j0.5296).

FIG. 140 is a diagram illustrating coordinates of constellation points of 1D NUC used for the code rates r(CR)=2/15, 3/15, 4/15, 5/15, 6/15, 7/15, 8/15, 9/15, 10/15, 11/15, 12, 15, and 13/15 of the LDPC code defined in ATSC3.0 in the case where the modulation system is 1024QAM.

In FIG. 140, u # k represents a real part Re(z_(s)) and an imaginary part Im(z_(s)) of a complex number as coordinates of the constellation point z_(s) of 1D NUC.

FIG. 141 is a diagram illustrating a relationship between the symbol y of 1024QAM and the u # k indicating the real part Re(z_(s)) and the imaginary part Im(z_(s)) of the complex number representing the coordinates of the constellation point z_(s) of 1D NUC corresponding to the symbol y.

Now, the 10-bit symbol y of 1024QAM will be represented by y_(0,s), y_(1,s), y_(2,s), y_(3,s), y_(4,s), y_(5,s), y_(6,s), y_(7,s), y_(8,s), and y_(9,s) from the top bit (most significant bit).

A of FIG. 141 illustrates a correspondence between the five even bits y_(1,s), y_(3,s), y_(5,s), y_(7,s), and y_(9,s) of the symbol y and the u # k indicating the real part Re(z_(s)) of the constellation point z_(s) (coordinates) corresponding to the symbol y.

B of FIG. 141 illustrates a correspondence between the five odd bits y_(0,s), y_(2,s), y_(4,s), y_(6,s), and y_(8,s) of the symbol y and the u # k indicating the imaginary part Im(z_(s)) of the constellation point z_(s) corresponding to the symbol y.

In a case where the 10-bit symbol y=(y_(0,s), y_(1,s), y_(2,s), y_(3,s), y_(4,s), y_(5,s), y_(6,s), y_(7,s), y_(8,s), y_(9,s)) of 1024QAM is, for example, (0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0), the five odd bits (y_(0,s), y_(2,s), y_(4,s), y_(6,s), y_(8,s)) are (0, 1, 0, 1, 0), and the five even bits (y_(1,s), y_(3,s), y_(5,s), y_(7,s), y_(9,s)) are (0, 0, 1, 1, 0).

In A of FIG. 141, the five even bits (0, 0, 1, 1, 0) are associated with u11, and therefore, the real part Re(z_(s)) of the constellation point z_(s) corresponding to the symbol y=(0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0) is u11.

In B of FIG. 141, the five odd bits (0, 1, 0, 1, 0) are associated with u3, and therefore, the imaginary part Im(z_(s)) of the constellation point z_(s) corresponding to the symbol y=(0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0) is u3.

On the other hand, assuming that the code rate r of the LDPC code is, for example, 6/15, u3 is 0.1295 and u11 is 0.7196 for the 1D NUC used in the case where the modulation system is 1024QAM and the code rate of the LDPC code is r(CR)=6/15, according to FIG. 140.

Therefore, the real part Re(z_(s)) of the constellation point z_(s) corresponding to the symbol y=(0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0) is u11=0.7196, and the imaginary part Im(z_(s)) is u3=0.1295. As a result, the coordinates of the constellation point z_(s) corresponding to the symbol y=(0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0) is indicated by 0.7196+j0.1295.

Note that the constellation points of the 1D NUC are arranged in a grid pattern on a straight line parallel to the I axis and on a straight line parallel to the Q axis in the constellation. However, the intervals between the constellation points are not constant. In addition, the average power of the constellation points on the constellation can be normalized in transmitting the constellation points (data mapped on the constellation points). A mean square value of absolute values of all the constellation points (coordinates of the constellation points) on the constellation can be defined as P_(ave), and the normalization can be performed by multiplying a reciprocal 1/(√P_(ave)) of a square root √P_(ave) of the mean square value P_(ave) by each constellation point z_(s) on the constellation.

The constellation and the like defined in ATSC3.0 can be used in the transmission system of FIG. 7.

<Block Interleaver 25>

FIG. 142 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the block interleaver 25 of FIG. 9.

The block interleaver 25 includes a storage area called part 1 and a storage area called part 2.

Each of the parts 1 and 2 includes a column as a storage area for storing 1 bit in the row (horizontal) direction and storing a predetermined number of bits in the column (vertical) direction, and the number of columns arranged in the row direction is C equal to the number of bits m of the symbol.

(R1+R2)×C is equal to the code length N of the LDPC code as a target of block interleaving, where R1 represents the number of bits stored in the column of the part 1 in the column direction (hereinafter, also referred to as part column length), and R2 represents the part column length of the column of the part 2.

In addition, the part column length R1 is equal to a multiple of 360 bits that is the unit size P, and the part column length R2 is equal to a remainder after dividing a sum (hereinafter, also referred to as column length) R1+R2 of the part column length R1 of the part 1 and the part column length R2 of the part 2 by 360 bits that is the unit size P.

Here, the column length R1+R2 is equal to a value obtained by dividing the code length N of the LDPC code as a target of block interleaving by the number of bits m of the symbol.

For example, in the case where 16QAM is adopted as a modulation system for the LDPC code with the code length N of 69120 bits, the number of bits m of the symbol is 4 bits, and the column length R1+R2 is 17280 (=69120/4) bits.

Furthermore, the remainder after dividing the column length R1+R2=17280 by 360 bits that is the unit size P is 0, and the part column length R2 of the part 2 is 0 bits.

In addition, the part column length R1 of the part 1 is R1+R2-R2=17280−0=17280 bits.

FIG. 143 is a diagram describing the block interleaving performed in the block interleaver 25 of FIG. 142.

The block interleaver 25 performs the block interleaving by writing and reading the LDPC code to and from the parts 1 and 2.

That is, in the block interleaving, the code bits of the LDPC code of 1 code word are written from top to bottom of the column (column direction) of the part 1, and this is performed in the columns from left to right as illustrated in A of FIG. 143.

In addition, when the writing of the code bits up to the bottom of the column at the right end (Cth column) of the columns of the part 1 is finished, the remaining code bits are written from top to bottom of the column (column direction) of the part 2, and this is performed in the columns from left to right.

Subsequently, when the writing of the code bits up to the bottom of the column at the right end (Cth column) of the columns of the part 2 is finished, the code bits are read in the row direction from the first rows of all of the C columns of the part 1 on the basis of C=m bits as illustrated in B of FIG. 143.

Furthermore, the code bits are sequentially read from all of the C columns of the part 1 toward the lower rows, and when the reading up to an R1th row as the last row is finished, the code bits are read in the row direction from the first rows of all of the C columns of the part 2 on the basis of C=m bits.

The code bits are sequentially read from all of the C columns of the part 2 toward the lower rows, and the reading is performed up to an R2th row as the last row.

The code bits read from the parts 1 and 2 on the basis of m bits in this way are supplied as a symbol to the mapper 117 (FIG. 8).

<Group-Wise Interleaving>

FIG. 144 is a diagram describing the group-wise interleaving performed in the group-wise interleaver 24 of FIG. 9.

In the group-wise interleaving, the LDPC code of 1 code word is divided from the top of the LDPC code into 360-bit units equal to the unit size P, and 360 bits of 1 division are set as a bit group. The LDPC code of 1 code word is interleaved on the basis of bit groups according to a predetermined pattern (hereinafter, also referred to as GW pattern).

Here, an (i+1)th bit group from the top when the LDPC code of 1 code word is divided into the bit groups will also be referred to as a bit group i.

In the case where the unit size P is 360, the LDPC code with the code length N of 1800 bits is divided into 5 (=1800/360) bit groups including bit groups 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4, for example. Furthermore, for example, the LDPC code with the code length N of 16200 bits is divided into 45 (=16200/360) bit groups including bit groups 0, 1, . . . , and 44, and the LDPC code with the code length N of 64800 bits is divided into 180 (=64800/360) bit groups including bit groups 0, 1, . . . , and 179. In addition, for example, the LDPC code with the code length N of 69120 bits is divided into 192 (=69120/360) bit groups including bit groups 0, 1, . . . , 191.

Here, the GW pattern will be expressed by arrangement of numbers indicating the bit groups. For example, a GW pattern 4, 2, 0, 3, 1 for the LDPC code with the code length N of 1800 bits indicates that the arrangement of bit groups 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 is interleaved (rearranged) into the arrangement of bit groups 4, 2, 0, 3, and 1.

The GW pattern can be set for at least each code length N of the LDPC code.

An example of the GW pattern for the LDPC code with the code length N of 64800 bits includes a pattern for interleaving the arrangement of bit groups 0 to 179 of the LDPC code of 64800 bits into the arrangement of bit groups

39, 47, 96, 176, 33, 75, 15, 165, 38, 27, 5827, 90, 76, 17, 46, 10, 91, 133, 69, 171, 32, 117, 78, 13, 146, 101, 36, 0, 138, 25, 77, 122, 49, 14, 125, 140, 93, 130, 2, 104, 102, 128, 4, 111, 151, 84, 167, 35, 127, 156, 55, 82, 85, 66, 114, 8, 147, 115, 113, 5, 31, 100, 106, 48, 52, 67, 107, 18, 126, 1 12, 50, 9, 143, 28, 160, 71, 79, 43, 98, 86, 94, 64, 3, 166, 105, 103, 118, 63, 51, 139, 172, 141, 175, 56, 74, 95, 29, 45, 129, 120, 168, 92, 150, 7, 162, 153, 137, 108, 159, 157, 173, 23, 89, 132, 57, 37, 70, 134, 40, 2 1, 149, 80, 1, 121, 59, 110, 142, 152, 15, 154, 145, 12, 170, 54, 155, 99, 22, 123, 72, 177, 131, 116, 44, 158, 73, 11, 65, 164, 119, 174, 34, 83, 53, 24, 42, 60, 26, 161, 68, 178, 41, 148, 109, 87, 144, 135, 20, 62, 81, 169, 124, 6, 19, 30, 163, 61, 179, 136, 97, 16, 88. <Configuration Example of Reception Apparatus 12>

FIG. 145 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the reception apparatus 12 of FIG. 7.

An OFDM operation unit 151 receives an OFDM signal from the transmission apparatus 11 (FIG. 7) and applies signal processing to the OFDM signal. Data obtained by the signal processing executed by the OFDM operation unit 151 is supplied to a frame management unit 152.

The frame management unit 152 executes processing (frame interpretation) of a frame including the data supplied from the OFDM operation unit 151 and supplies a signal of target data and a signal of control data obtained as a result of the processing to frequency deinterleavers 161 and 153, respectively.

The frequency deinterleaver 153 applies frequency deinterleaving to the data from the frame management unit 152 on the basis of symbols and supplies the data to a demapper 154.

The demapper 154 performs quadrature demodulation by demapping (constellation point arrangement decoding) the data (data on constellation) from the frequency deinterleaver 153 based on the arrangement (constellation) of the constellation points set in the quadrature modulation performed on the transmission apparatus 11 side and supplies data (LDPC code (likelihood of LDPC code)) obtained as a result of the quadrature demodulation to the LDPC decoder 155.

An LDPC decoder 155 applies LDPC decoding to the LDPC code from the demapper 154 and supplies LDPC target data (here, BCH code) obtained as a result of the LDPC decoding to a BCH decoder 156.

The BCH decoder 156 applies BCH decoding to the LDPC target data from the LDPC decoder 155 and outputs control data (signalling) obtained as a result of the BCH decoding.

On the other hand, the frequency deinterleaver 161 applies frequency deinterleaving to the data from the frame management unit 152 on the basis of symbols and supplies the data to a SISO/MISO decoder 162.

The SISO/MISO decoder 162 performs space-time decoding of the data from the frequency deinterleaver 161 and supplies the data to a time deinterleaver 163.

The time deinterleaver 163 applies time deinterleaving to the data from the SISO/MISO decoder 162 on the basis of symbols and supplies the data to a demapper 164.

The demapper 164 performs quadrature demodulation by demapping (constellation point arrangement decoding) the data (data on constellation) from the time deinterleaver 163 based on the arrangement (constellation) of the constellation points set in the quadrature modulation performed on the transmission apparatus 11 side and supplies the data obtained as a result of the quadrature demodulation to a bit deinterleaver 165.

The bit deinterleaver 165 performs bit deinterleaving of the data from the demapper 164 and supplies an LDPC code (likelihood of LDPC code) that is data after the bit deinterleaving to an LDPC decoder 166.

The LDPC decoder 166 applies LDPC decoding to the LDPC code from the bit deinterleaver 165 and supplies LDPC target data (here, BCH code) obtained as a result of the LDPC decoding to a BCH decoder 167.

The BCH decoder 167 applies BCH decoding to the LDPC target data from the LDPC decoder 155 and supplies data obtained as a result of the BCH decoding to a BB descrambler 168.

The BB descrambler 168 applies BB descrambling to the data from the BCH decoder 167 and supplies data obtained as a result of the BB descrambling to a null deletion unit 169.

The null deletion unit 169 deletes Null inserted by the padder 112 of FIG. 8 from the data from the BB descrambler 168 and supplies the data to a demultiplexer 170.

The demultiplexer 170 separates each of one or more streams (target data) multiplexed with the data from the null detection unit 169, applies necessary processing to the streams, and outputs the streams as output streams.

Note that the reception apparatus 12 may not be provided with part of the blocks illustrated in FIG. 145. That is, for example, in the case where the transmission apparatus 11 (FIG. 8) does not include the time interleaver 118, the SISO/MISO encoder 119, the frequency interleaver 120, and the frequency interleaver 124, the reception apparatus 12 may not include the time deinterleaver 163, the SISO/MISO decoder 162, the frequency deinterleaver 161, and the frequency deinterleaver 153 that are blocks corresponding to the time interleaver 118, the SISO/MISO encoder 119, the frequency interleaver 120, and the frequency interleaver 124 of the transmission apparatus 11, respectively.

<Configuration Example of Bit Deinterleaver 165>

FIG. 146 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the bit deinterleaver 165 of FIG. 145.

The bit deinterleaver 165 includes a block deinterleaver 54 and a group-wise deinterleaver 55 and performs deinterleaving (bit deinterleaving) of the symbol bits of the symbol that is the data from the demapper 164 (FIG. 145).

That is, the block deinterleaver 54 applies block deinterleaving (process opposite the block interleaving), which corresponds to the block interleaving performed by the block interleaver 25 of FIG. 9, to the symbol bits of the symbol from the demapper 164, that is, performs block deinterleaving for returning the positions of the code bits (likelihood of the code bits) of the LDPC code rearranged in the block interleaving to the original positions. The block deinterleaver 54 supplies the LDPC code obtained as a result of the block deinterleaving to the group-wise deinterleaver 55.

The group-wise deinterleaver 55 applies group-wise deinterleaving (process opposite the group-wise interleaving), which corresponds to the group-wise interleaving performed by the group-wise interleaver 24 of FIG. 9, to the LDPC code from the block deinterleaver 54, that is, performs group-wise deinterleaving for rearranging, on the basis of bit groups, the code bits of the LDPC code, in which the arrangement is changed on the basis of bit groups in the group-wise interleaving described in FIG. 144, to restore the original arrangement, for example.

Here, in the case where the parity interleaving, the group-wise interleaving, and the block interleaving are applied to the LDPC code supplied from the demapper 164 to the bit deinterleaver 165, the bit deinterleaver 165 can perform all of the parity deinterleaving corresponding to the parity interleaving (process opposite the parity interleaving, that is, parity deinterleaving for restoring the original arrangement of the code bits of the LDPC code in which the arrangement is changed in the parity interleaving), the block deinterleaving corresponding to the block interleaving, and the group-wise deinterleaving corresponding to the group-wise interleaving.

However, although the bit deinterleaver 165 of FIG. 146 includes the block deinterleaver 54 that performs the block deinterleaving corresponding to the block interleaving and the group-wise deinterleaver 55 that performs the group-wise deinterleaving corresponding to the group-wise interleaving, the bit deinterleaver 165 does not include a block that performs the parity deinterleaving corresponding to the parity interleaving, and the parity deinterleaving is not performed.

Therefore, the block deinterleaving and the group-wise deinterleaving are performed, and the parity deinterleaving is not performed for the LDPC code supplied from the bit deinterleaver 165 (group-wise deinterleaver 55 of the bit deinterleaver 165) to the LDPC decoder 166.

The LDPC decoder 166 uses the transformed check matrix obtained by applying at least the column permutation equivalent to the parity interleaving to the check matrix H of the type B system used by the LDPC encoder 115 of FIG. 8 in the LDPC coding or uses the transformed check matrix (FIG. 29) obtained by applying the row permutation to the check matrix of the type A system (FIG. 27) to thereby apply the LDPC decoding to the LDPC code from the bit deinterleaver 165. The LDPC decoder 166 outputs, as a decoding result of the LDPC target data, the data obtained as a result of the LDPC decoding.

FIG. 147 is a flow chart describing a process executed by the demapper 164, the bit deinterleaver 165, and the LDPC decoder 166 of FIG. 146.

In step S111, the demapper 164 demaps the data from the time deinterleaver 163 (data on the constellation mapped on the constellation point) to perform quadrature demodulation of the data and supplies the data to the bit deinterleaver 165. The process proceeds to step S112.

In step S112, the bit deinterleaver 165 performs deinterleaving (bit deinterleaving) of the data from the demapper 164, and the process proceeds to step S113.

That is, in step S112, the block deinterleaver 54 of the bit deinterleaver 165 applies the block deinterleaving to the data (symbol) from the demapper 164 and supplies the code bits of the LDPC code obtained as a result of the block deinterleaving to the group-wise deinterleaver 55.

The group-wise deinterleaver 55 applies the group-wise deinterleaving to the LDPC code from the block deinterleaver 54 and supplies the LDPC code (likelihood of the LDPC code) obtained as a result of the group-wise deinterleaving to the LDPC decoder 166.

In step S113, the LDPC decoder 166 uses the check matrix H used by the LDPC encoder 115 of FIG. 8 in the LDPC coding, that is, uses, for example, the transformed check matrix obtained from the check matrix H, to apply the LDPC decoding to the LDPC code from the group-wise deinterleaver 55. The LDPC decoder 166 outputs, as a decoding result of the LDPC target data, the data obtained as a result of the LDPC decoding to the BCH decoder 167.

Note that in FIG. 146, although the block deinterleaver 54 that performs the block deinterleaving and the group-wise deinterleaver 55 that performs the group-wise deinterleaving are separated for the convenience of description as in the case of FIG. 9, the block deinterleaver 54 and the group-wise deinterleaver 55 can be integrated.

Furthermore, in the case where the transmission apparatus 11 does not perform the group-wise interleaving, the reception apparatus 12 may not include the group-wise deinterleaver 55 that performs the group-wise deinterleaving.

<LDPC Decoding>

The LDPC decoding performed in the LDPC decoder 166 of FIG. 145 will be further described.

As described above, the LDPC decoder 166 of FIG. 145 uses the transformed check matrix obtained by applying at least the column permutation equivalent to the parity interleaving to the check matrix H of the type B system used by the LDPC encoder 115 of FIG. 8 in the LDPC coding or uses the transformed check matrix (FIG. 29) obtained by applying the row permutation to the check matrix of the type A system (FIG. 27) to thereby apply the LDPC decoding to the LDPC code from the group-wise deinterleaver 55, in which the block deinterleaving and the group-wise deinterleaving are performed, and the parity deinterleaving is not performed.

Here, LDPC decoding performed by using the transformed check matrix to allow reducing the operating frequency to a sufficiently realizable range while reducing the circuit scale is previously proposed (for example, see Japanese Patent No. 4224777).

Therefore, the previously proposed LDPC decoding using the transformed check matrix will be described first with reference to FIGS. 148 to 151.

FIG. 148 is a diagram illustrating an example of the check matrix H of the LDPC code, in which the code length N is 90, and the code rate is 2/3.

Note that 0 is expressed by a period (.) in FIG. 148 (similar in FIGS. 149 and 150 described later).

In the check matrix H of FIG. 148, the parity matrix has the dual diagonal structure.

FIG. 149 is a diagram illustrating a check matrix H′ obtained by applying row permutation of Equation (11) and column permutation of Equation (12) to the check matrix H of FIG. 148. Row permutation: 6s+t+1st row→5t+s+1st row  (11) Column permutation: 6x+y+61st column→5y+x+61st column  (12)

Here, s, t, x, and y in Equations (11) and (12) are integers in ranges of 0≤s<5, 0≤t<6, 0≤x<5, and 0≤t<6, respectively.

According to the row permutation of Equation (11), the permutation is performed such that 1st, 7th, 13th, 19th, and 25th rows, in which the remainder is 1 after dividing the rows by 6, are permuted into 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th rows, respectively, and 2nd, 8th, 14th, 20th, and 26th rows, in which the remainder is 2 after dividing the rows by 6, are permuted into 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th rows, respectively.

In addition, according to the column permutation of Equation (12), the permutation is applied to the columns from the 61st column (parity matrix) such that 61st, 67th, 73rd, 79th, and 85th columns, in which the remainder is 1 after dividing the columns by 6, are permuted into 61st, 62nd, 63rd, 64th, and 65th columns, respectively, and 62nd, 68th, 74th, 80th, and 86th columns, in which the remainder is 2 after dividing the columns by 6, are permuted into 66th, 67th, 68th, 69th, and 70th columns, respectively.

In this way, the matrix obtained by applying the permutation of rows and columns to the check matrix H of FIG. 148 is the check matrix H′ of FIG. 149.

Here, the row permutation of the check matrix H does not affect the arrangement of the code bits of the LDPC code.

In addition, the column permutation of Equation (12) is equivalent to parity interleaving for interleaving the (K+qx+y+1)th code bit at the position of the (K+Py+x+1)th code bit, where the information length K is 60, the unit size P is 5, and the divisor q (=M/P) of the parity length M (here, 30) is 6.

Therefore, the check matrix H′ of FIG. 149 is a transformed check matrix obtained by performing at least the column permutation for permuting the (K+qx+y+1)th column into the (K+Py+x+1)th column in the check matrix (hereinafter, appropriately referred to as original check matrix) H of FIG. 148.

When the same permutation as in Equation (12) is applied to the LDPC code of the original check matrix H of FIG. 148, and the transformed check matrix H′ of FIG. 149 is multiplied by the result of the permutation, a 0 vector is output. That is, Hc^(T) is a 0 vector due to the nature of the check matrix, and therefore, H′c′^(T) is obviously a 0 vector, where c′ represents the row vector obtained by applying the column permutation of Equation (12) to the row vector c that is the LDPC code (1 code word) of the original check matrix H.

In this way, the transformed check matrix H′ of FIG. 149 is a check matrix of the LDPC code c′ obtained by applying the column permutation of Equation (12) to the LDPC code c of the original check matrix H.

Therefore, the column permutation of Equation (12) can be applied to the LDPC code c of the original check matrix H, and the transformed check matrix H′ of FIG. 149 can be used to decode (LDPC decoding) the LDPC code c′ after the column permutation. The inverse permutation of the column permutation of Equation (12) can be applied to the decoding result. This can obtain a decoding result similar to the case of using the original check matrix H to decode the LDPC code of the check matrix H.

FIG. 150 is a diagram illustrating the transformed check matrix H′ of FIG. 149 spaced on the basis of 5×5 matrices.

In FIG. 150, the transformed check matrix H′ is represented by a combination of a 5×5 (=P×P) identity matrix that is the unit size P, a matrix in which one or more elements of 1 in the identity matrix are 0 (hereinafter, appropriately referred to as quasi-identity matrix), a matrix obtained by applying cyclic shifting to the identity matrix or the quasi-identity matrix (hereinafter, appropriately referred to as shift matrix), a sum of two or more of the identity matrix, the quasi-identity matrix, and the shift matrix (hereinafter, appropriately referred to as sum matrix), and a 5×5 0 matrix.

It can be stated that the transformed check matrix H′ of FIG. 150 includes the 5×5 identity matrix, the quasi-identity matrix, the shift matrix, the sum matrix, and the 0 matrix. Therefore, the 5×5 matrices (identity matrix, quasi-identity matrix, shift matrix, sum matrix, and 0 matrix) included in the transformed check matrix H′ will be appropriately referred to as constituent matrices.

Architecture for performing P times of check node computation and variable node computation at the same time can be used to decode the LDPC code of the check matrix represented by the P×P constituent matrices.

FIG. 151 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a decoding apparatus that performs the decoding.

That is, FIG. 151 illustrates a configuration example of a decoding apparatus that decodes the LDPC code by using the transformed check matrix H′ of FIG. 150 obtained by applying at least the column permutation of Equation (12) to the original check matrix H of FIG. 148.

The decoding apparatus of FIG. 151 includes: an edge data storage memory 300 including six FIFOs 300 ₁ to 300 ₆; a selector 301 that selects the FIFOs 300 ₁ to 300 ₆; a check node calculation unit 302; two cyclic shift circuits 303 and 308; an edge data storage memory 304 including eighteen FIFOs 304 ₁ to 304 ₁₈; a selector 305 that selects the FIFOs 304 ₁ to 304 ₁₈; a reception data memory 306 that stores reception data; a variable node calculation unit 307; a decode word calculation unit 309; a reception data rearrangement unit 310; and a decoded data rearrangement unit 311.

First, a method of storing data in the edge data storage memories 300 and 304 will be described.

The edge data storage memory 300 includes six FIFOs 300 ₁ to 300 ₆, and six is a number obtained by dividing the number of rows 30 of the transformed check matrix H′ of FIG. 150 by the number of rows (unit size P) 5 of the constituent matrices. The FIFO 300 _(y) (y=1, 2, . . . , 6) includes storage areas in a plurality of stages, and messages corresponding to five edges, which is the number of rows and the number of columns (unit size P) of the constituent matrices, can be read from and written to the storage area of each stage at the same time. In addition, the number of stages of the storage areas of the FIFO 300 _(y) is nine that is the maximum number of elements of 1 (Hamming weight) in the row direction of the transformed check matrix of FIG. 150.

The data corresponding to the positions of 1 from the first row to the fifth row in the transformed check matrix H′ of FIG. 150 (messages v_(i) from variable nodes) is stored in the FIFO 300 ₁ in a form that the data is suppressed in the horizontal direction in each row (in a form 0 is ignored). That is, when the jth row and the ith column are expressed by (j, i), the data corresponding to the positions of 1 in the 5×5 identity matrix from (1, 1) to (5, 5) of the transformed check matrix H′ is stored in the storage area of the first stage of the FIFO 300 ₁. The data corresponding to the positions of 1 in the shift matrix from (1, 21) to (5, 25) of the transformed check matrix H′ (shift matrix obtained by applying the cyclic shifting to the 5×5 identity matrix to the right by an amount of 3 elements) is stored in the storage area of the second stage. The data is similarly stored in association with the transformed check matrix H′ in the storage areas of the third to eight stages. Furthermore, the data corresponding to the positions of 1 in the shift matrix from (1, 86) to (5, 90) of the transformed check matrix H′ (shift matrix obtained by applying the cyclic shifting to the 5×5 identity matrix to the left by an amount of 1 element after permuting 1 in the first row into 0) is stored in the storage area of the ninth stage.

The data corresponding to the positions of 1 from the sixth row to the tenth row in the transformed check matrix H′ of FIG. 150 is stored in the FIFO 300 ₂. That is, the data corresponding to the positions of 1 in a first shift matrix included in the sum matrix from (6, 1) to (10, 5) in the transformed check matrix H′ (sum matrix that is a sum of the first shift matrix obtained by applying the cyclic shifting to the 5×5 identity matrix to the right by an amount of 1 element and a second shift matrix obtained by applying the cyclic shifting to the 5×5 identity matrix to the right by an amount of 2 elements) is stored in the storage area of the first stage of the FIFO 300 ₂. In addition, the data corresponding to the positions of 1 in the second shift matrix included in the sum matrix from (6, 1) to (10, 5) in the transformed check matrix H′ is stored in the storage area of the second stage.

That is, for the constituent matrices with the weight of 2 or more, the data corresponding to the positions of 1 in the identity matrix, the quasi-identity matrix, or the shift matrix with the weight of 1 (messages corresponding to the edges belonging to the identity matrix, the quasi-identity matrix, or the shift matrix) when the constituent matrices are expressed in the form of the sum of a plurality of the P×P identity matrix with the weight of 1, the quasi-identity matrix in which one or more elements of 1 in the identity matrix are 0, and the shift matrix obtained by applying the cyclic shifting to the identity matrix or the quasi-identity matrix is stored in the same address (the same FIFO among the FIFOs 300 ₁ to 300 ₆).

Subsequently, the data is also stored in the storage areas of the third to ninth stages in association with the transformed check matrix H′.

The FIFOs 300 ₃ to 300 ₆ similarly store the data in association with the transformed check matrix H′.

The edge data storage memory 304 includes eighteen FIFOs 304 ₁ to 304 ₁₈, and eighteen is a number obtained by dividing the number of columns 90 of the transformed check matrix H′ by 5 that is the number of columns (unit size P) of the constituent matrices. The FIFO 304 _(x) (x=1, 2, . . . , 18) includes storage areas in a plurality of stages, and messages corresponding to five edges, which is the number of rows and the number of columns (unit size P) of the constituent matrices, can be read from and written to the storage area of each stage at the same time.

The data corresponding to the positions of 1 from the first row to the fifth row in the transformed check matrix H′ of FIG. 150 (messages u_(j) from check nodes) is stored in the FIFO 304 ₁ in a form that the data is suppressed in the vertical direction in each column (in a form 0 is ignored). That is, the data corresponding to the positions of 1 in the 5×5 identity matrix from (1, 1) to (5, 5) of the transformed check matrix H′ is stored in the storage area of the first stage of the FIFO 304 ₁. The data corresponding to the positions of 1 in the first shift matrix included in the sum matrix from (6, 1) to (10, 5) in the transformed check matrix H′ (sum matrix that is the sum of the first shift matrix obtained by applying the cyclic shifting to the 5×5 identity matrix to the right by an amount of 1 element and the second shift matrix obtained by applying the cyclic shifting to the 5×5 identity matrix to the right by an amount of 2 elements) is stored in the storage area of the second stage. In addition, the data corresponding to the positions of 1 in the second shift matrix included in the sum matrix from (6, 1) to (10, 5) in the transformed check matrix H′ is stored in the storage area of the third stage.

That is, for the constituent matrices with the weight of 2 or more, the data corresponding to the positions of 1 in the identity matrix, the quasi-identity matrix, or the shift matrix with the weight of 1 (messages corresponding to the edges belonging to the identity matrix, the quasi-identity matrix, or the shift matrix) when the constituent matrices are expressed in the form of the sum of a plurality of the P×P identity matrix with the weight of 1, the quasi-identity matrix in which one or more elements of 1 in the identity matrix are 0, and the shift matrix obtained by applying the cyclic shifting to the identity matrix or the quasi-identity matrix is stored in the same address (the same FIFO among the FIFOs 304 ₁ to 304 ₁₈).

Subsequently, the data is also stored in the storage areas of the fourth and fifth stages in association with the transformed check matrix H′. The number of stages of the storage areas of the FIFO 304 ₁ is five that is the maximum number of elements of 1 (Hamming weight) in the row direction in the first to fifth columns of the transformed check matrix H′.

The data is similarly stored in the FIFOs 304 ₂ and 304 ₃ in association with the transformed check matrix H′, and the length (the number of stages) of the data is 5. The data is similarly stored in the FIFOs 304 ₄ to 304 ₁₂ in association with the transformed check matrix H′, and the length of the data is 3. The data is similarly stored in the FIFOs 304 ₁₃ to 304 ₁₈ in association with the transformed check matrix H′, and the length of the data is 2.

Next, operation of the decoding apparatus of FIG. 151 will be described.

The edge data storage memory 300 includes six FIFOs 300 ₁ to 300 ₆ and selects, from the FIFOs 300 ₁ to 300 ₆, the FIFOs for storing the data of five messages D311 supplied from the cyclic shift circuit 308 of the previous stage according to information (Matrix data) D312 indicating the rows of the transformed check matrix H′ in FIG. 150 to which the messages D311 belong. The edge data storage memory 300 sequentially stores the five messages D311 all at once in the selected FIFOs. In addition, when the edge data storage memory 300 reads data, the edge data storage memory 300 sequentially reads five messages D300 ₁ from the FIFO 300 ₁ and supplies the messages D300 ₁ to the selector 301 of the next stage. After the edge data storage memory 300 finishes reading the messages from the FIFO 300 ₁, the edge data storage memory 300 also sequentially reads messages from the FIFOs 300 ₂ to 300 ₆ and supplies the messages to the selector 301.

The selector 301 selects five messages from the FIFO, from which the data is currently read, among the FIFOs 300 ₁ to 300 ₆ according to a select signal D301 and supplies the messages as messages D302 to the check node calculation unit 302.

The check node calculation unit 302 includes five check node calculators 302 ₁ to 302 ₅. The check node calculation unit 302 uses the messages D302 (D302 ₁ to D302 ₅) (messages v_(i) in Equation (7)) supplied through the selector 301 to perform the check node computation according to Equation (7). The check node calculation unit 302 supplies five messages D303 (D303 ₁ to D303 ₅) (messages u_(j) in Equation (7)) obtained as a result of the check node computation to the cyclic shift circuit 303.

The cyclic shift circuit 303 applies the cyclic shifting to the five messages D303 ₁ to D303 ₅ obtained by the check node calculation unit 302 based on information (Matrix data) D305 indicating the number of times the cyclic shifting is applied to the original identity matrix (or quasi-identity matrix) in the transformed check matrix H′ to obtain the corresponding edges. The cyclic shift circuit 303 supplies the results as messages D304 to the edge data storage memory 304.

The edge data storage memory 304 includes eighteen FIFOs 304 ₁ to 304 ₁₈ and selects, from the FIFOs 304 ₁ to 304 ₁₈, the FIFOs for storing the data of the five messages D304 supplied from the cyclic shift circuit 303 of the previous stage according to the information D305 indicating the rows of the transformed check matrix H′ to which the five messages D304 belong. The edge data storage memory 304 sequentially stores the five messages D304 all at once in the selected FIFOs. In addition, when the edge data storage memory 304 reads data, the edge data storage memory 304 sequentially reads five messages D306 ₁ from the FIFO 304 ₁ and supplies the messages D306 ₁ to the selector 305 of the next stage. After the edge data storage memory 304 finishes reading the data from the FIFO 304 ₁, the edge data storage memory 304 also sequentially reads messages from the FIFOs 304 ₂ to 304 ₁₈ and supplies the messages to the selector 305.

The selector 305 selects five messages from the FIFO, from which the data is currently read, among the FIFOs 304 ₁ to 304 ₁₈ according to a select signal D307 and supplies the messages as messages D308 to the variable node calculation unit 307 and the decode word calculation unit 309.

Meanwhile, the reception data rearrangement unit 310 applies the column permutation of Equation (12) to an LDPC code D313 corresponding to the check matrix H of FIG. 148 received through the communication channel 13 to rearrange the LDPC code D313 and supplies the LDPC code D313 as reception data D314 to the reception data memory 306. The reception data memory 306 calculates a reception LLR (log likelihood ratio) from the reception data D314 supplied from the reception data rearrangement unit 310 and stores the reception LLR. The reception data memory 306 supplies five reception LLRs at a time as reception values D309 to the variable node calculation unit 307 and the decode word calculation unit 309.

The variable node calculation unit 307 includes five variable node calculators 307 ₁ to 307 ₅. The variable node calculation unit 307 uses the messages D308 (D308 ₁ to D308 ₅) (messages u_(j) in Equation (1)) supplied through the selector 305 and the five reception values D309 (reception values u_(0i) in Equation (1)) supplied from the reception data memory 306 to perform the variable node computation according to Equation (1). The variable node calculation unit 307 supplies messages D310 (D310 ₁ to D310 ₅) (messages v_(i) in Equation (1)) obtained as a result of the computation to the cyclic shift circuit 308.

The cyclic shift circuit 308 applies the cyclic shifting to the messages D310 ₁ to D310 ₅ calculated by the variable node calculation unit 307 based on information indicating the number of times the cyclic shifting is applied to the original identity matrix (or quasi-identity matrix) in the transformed check matrix H′ to obtain the corresponding edges. The cyclic shift circuit 308 supplies the results as messages D311 to the edge data storage memory 300.

One cycle of the operation can be performed to decode the LDPC code once (variable node computation and check node computation). The decoding apparatus of FIG. 151 decodes the LDPC code for a predetermined number of times, and then, the decode word calculation unit 309 and the decoded data rearrangement unit 311 obtain and output final decoding results.

That is, the decode word calculation unit 309 includes five decode word calculators 309 ₁ to 309 ₅ and uses the five messages D308 (D308 ₁ to D308 ₅) (messages u_(j) in Equation (5)) output by the selector 305 and the five reception values D309 (reception values u_(0i) in Equation (5)) supplied from the reception data memory 306 to calculate decoding results (decode words) based on Equation (5) in the final stage of the plurality of times of decoding. The decode word calculation unit 309 supplies decoded data D315 obtained as a result of the calculation to the decoded data rearrangement unit 311.

The decoded data rearrangement unit 311 applies inverse permutation of the column permutation of Equation (12) to the decoded data D315 supplied from the decode word calculation unit 309 to rearrange the order of the decoded data D315 and outputs a final decoding result D316.

In this way, the architecture can be adopted, in which one or both the row permutation and the column permutation can be applied to the check matrix (original check matrix) to convert the check matrix into a check matrix (transformed check matrix) that can be expressed by a combination of the P×P identity matrix, the quasi-identity matrix in which one or more elements of 1 in the P×P identity matrix are 0, the shift matrix obtained by applying the cyclic shifting to the identity matrix or the quasi-identity matrix, the sum matrix that is the sum of a plurality of the identity matrix, the quasi-identity matrix, and the shift matrix, and the P×P 0 matrix, that is, a combination of constituent matrices. In decoding the LDPC code, the check node computation and the variable node computation can be performed at the same time for P times that is a number smaller than the number of rows or the number of columns in the check matrix. In the case of adopting the architecture for performing the node computation (check node computation and variable node computation) at the same time for P times that is a number smaller than the number of rows and the number of columns in the check matrix, the operating frequency can be reduced to a realizable range to repeat the decoding for a large number of times, as compared to the case of performing the node computation at the same time for a number of times equal to the number of rows or the number of columns in the check matrix.

The LDPC decoder 166 included in the reception apparatus 12 of FIG. 145 is, for example, configured to perform the LDPC decoding by performing the check node computation and the variable node computation at the same time for P times similarly to the decoding apparatus of FIG. 151.

That is, to simplify the description, it is assumed now that the check matrix of the LDPC code output by the LDPC encoder 115 of the transmission apparatus 11 in FIG. 8 is, for example, the check matrix H illustrated in FIG. 148 in which the parity matrix has the dual diagonal structure. The parity interleaver 23 of the transmission apparatus 11 performs the parity interleaving for interleaving the (K+qx+y+1)th code bit at the position of the (K+Py+x+1)th code bit, in which the information length K is set to 60, the unit size P is set to 5, and the divisor q (=M/P) of the parity length M is set to 6.

The parity interleaving is equivalent to the column permutation of Equation (12) as described above, and the LDPC decoder 166 does not have to perform the column permutation of Equation (12).

Therefore, in the reception apparatus 12 of FIG. 145, the LDPC code without the parity deinterleaving, that is, the LDPC code in the state after the column permutation of Equation (12), is supplied from the group-wise deinterleaver 55 to the LDPC decoder 166, and the LDPC decoder 166 does not perform the column permutation of Equation (12) as described above. Except for that, the LDPC decoder 166 executes a process similar to the process of the decoding apparatus of FIG. 151.

That is, FIG. 152 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the LDPC decoder 166 of FIG. 145.

In FIG. 152, the configuration of the LDPC decoder 166 is similar to the configuration of the decoding apparatus of FIG. 151 except that the reception data rearrangement unit 310 of FIG. 151 is not provided. The LDPC decoder 166 executes a process similar to the process of the decoding apparatus of FIG. 151 except that the column permutation of Equation (12) is not performed. Therefore, the description will not be repeated.

In this way, the LDPC decoder 166 may not include the reception data rearrangement unit 310. Therefore, the scale can be smaller than the decoding apparatus of FIG. 151.

Note that in FIGS. 148 to 152, the code length N of the LDPC code is set to 90, the information length K is set to 60, the unit size (the number of rows and the number of columns in the constituent matrices) P is set to 5, and the divisor q (=M/P) of the parity length M is set to 6 to simplify the description. However, the code length N, the information length K, the unit size P, and the divisor q (=M/P) are not limited to the values described above.

That is, in the transmission apparatus 11 of FIG. 8, the LDPC encoder 115 outputs the LDPC code, in which, for example, the code length N is 64800, 16200, 69120, or the like, the information length K is N−Pq (=N−M), the unit size P is 360, and the divisor q is M/P. The LDPC decoder 166 of FIG. 152 can be applied to a case of applying the check node computation and the variable node computation at the same time for P times to the LDPC code to perform the LDPC decoding.

Furthermore, in a case where the part of the parity in the decoding result is not necessary after the LDPC code is decoded by the LDPC decoder 166, and only the information bits of the decoding result is to be output, the LDPC decoder 166 may not include the decoded data rearrangement unit 311.

<Configuration Example of Block Deinterleaver 54>

FIG. 153 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the block deinterleaver 54 of FIG. 146.

The configuration of the block deinterleaver 54 is similar to the configuration of the block interleaver 25 described in FIG. 142.

Therefore, the block deinterleaver 54 includes a storage area called part 1 and a storage area called part 2. Each of the parts 1 and 2 includes a column as a storage area for storing 1 bit in the row direction and storing a predetermined number of bits in the column direction, and the number of columns arranged in the row direction is C equal to the number of bits m of the symbol.

The block deinterleaver 54 performs block deinterleaving by writing and reading the LDPC codes to and from the parts 1 and 2.

However, in the block deinterleaving, the writing of the LDPC codes (that are symbols) is performed in the order of the reading of the LDPC codes read by the block interleaver 25 of FIG. 142.

Furthermore, in the block deinterleaving, the reading of the LDPC codes is performed in the order of the writing of the LDPC codes written by the block interleaver 25 of FIG. 142.

That is, although the LDPC codes are written to the parts 1 and 2 in the column direction and read from the parts 1 and 2 in the row direction in the block interleaving by the block interleaver 25 of FIG. 142, the LDPC codes are written to the parts 1 and 2 in the row direction and read from the parts 1 and 2 in the column direction in the block deinterleaving by the block deinterleaver 54 of FIG. 153.

<Another Configuration Example of Bit Deinterleaver 165>

FIG. 154 is a block diagram illustrating another configuration example of the bit deinterleaver 165 of FIG. 145.

Note that in the figure, the same reference signs are provided to the parts corresponding to the case of FIG. 146, and the description will be appropriately omitted.

That is, the configuration of the bit deinterleaver 165 of FIG. 154 is similar to the configuration in the case of FIG. 146 except that a parity deinterleaver 1011 is newly provided.

In FIG. 154, the bit deinterleaver 165 includes the block deinterleaver 54, the group-wise deinterleaver 55, and the parity deinterleaver 1011 and performs bit deinterleaving of the code bits of the LDPC code from the demapper 164.

That is, the block deinterleaver 54 applies, to the LDPC code from the demapper 164, block deinterleaving (process opposite the block interleaving) corresponding to the block interleaving performed by the block interleaver 25 of the transmission apparatus 11, that is, block deinterleaving for returning the positions of the code bits replaced in the block interleaving to the original positions. The block deinterleaver 54 supplies the LDPC code obtained as a result of the block deinterleaving to the group-wise deinterleaver 55.

The group-wise deinterleaver 55 applies, to the LDPC code from the block deinterleaver 54, group-wise deinterleaving corresponding to the group-wise interleaving as a rearrangement process executed by the group-wise interleaver 24 of the transmission apparatus 11.

The LDPC code obtained as a result of the group-wise deinterleaving is supplied from the group-wise deinterleaver 55 to the parity deinterleaver 1011.

The parity deinterleaver 1011 applies, to the code bits after the group-wise deinterleaving by the group-wise deinterleaver 55, parity deinterleaving (process opposite the parity interleaving) corresponding to the parity interleaving performed by the parity interleaver 23 of the transmission apparatus 11, that is, parity deinterleaving for restoring the original arrangement of the code bits of the LDPC code in which the arrangement is changed in the parity interleaving.

The LDPC code obtained as a result of the parity deinterleaving is supplied from the parity deinterleaver 1011 to the LDPC decoder 166.

Therefore, the bit deinterleaver 165 of FIG. 154 supplies, to the LDPC decoder 166, the LDPC code after the block deinterleaving, the group-wise deinterleaving, and the parity deinterleaving, that is, the LDPC code obtained by the LDPC coding according to the check matrix H.

The LDPC decoder 166 applies LDPC decoding to the LDPC code from the bit deinterleaver 165 by using the check matrix H used by the LDPC encoder 115 of the transmission apparatus 11 in the LDPC coding.

That is, for the type B system, the LDPC decoder 166 applies LDPC decoding to the LDPC code from the bit deinterleaver 165 by using the check matrix H (type B system) used by the LDPC encoder 115 of the transmission apparatus 11 in the LDPC coding or by using the transformed check matrix obtained by applying at least the column permutation equivalent to the parity interleaving to the check matrix H. In addition, for the type A system, the LDPC decoder 166 applies LDPC decoding to the LDPC code from the bit deinterleaver 165 by using the check matrix (FIG. 28) obtained by applying the column permutation to the check matrix (type A system) (FIG. 27) used by the LDPC encoder 115 of the transmission apparatus 11 in the LDPC coding or by using the transformed check matrix (FIG. 29) obtained by applying the row permutation to the check matrix (FIG. 27) used in the LDPC coding.

Here, the LDPC code obtained by the LDPC coding according to the check matrix H is supplied from the bit deinterleaver 165 (parity deinterleaver 1011 of the bit deinterleaver 165) to the LDPC decoder 166 in FIG. 154. Therefore, in the case where the LDPC decoding is applied to the LDPC code by using the check matrix H of the type B system used by the LDPC encoder 115 of the transmission apparatus 11 in the LDPC coding or by using the check matrix (FIG. 28) obtained by applying the column permutation to the check matrix (FIG. 27) of the type A system used in the LDPC coding, the LDPC decoder 166 can be, for example, a decoding apparatus that performs LDPC decoding based on a full serial decoding system for sequentially computing the messages (check node messages, variable node messages) on a node-by-node basis or a decoding apparatus that performs LDPC decoding based on a full parallel decoding system for computing the messages for all of the nodes at the same time (in parallel).

Furthermore, in the case where the LDPC decoder 166 applies the LDPC decoding to the LDPC code by using the transformed check matrix obtained by applying at least the column permutation equivalent to the parity interleaving to the check matrix H of the type B system used by the LDPC encoder 115 of the transmission apparatus 11 in the LDPC coding or by using the transformed check matrix (FIG. 29) obtained by applying the row permutation to the check matrix (FIG. 27) of the type A system used in the LDPC coding, the LDPC decoder 166 can be a decoding apparatus (FIG. 151) of architecture for performing the check node computation and the variable node computation at the same time for P times (or divisor of P other than 1), in which the decoding apparatus includes the reception data rearrangement unit 310 that rearranges the code bits of the LDPC code by applying, to the LDPC code, the column permutation similar to the column permutation (parity interleaving) for obtaining the transformed check matrix.

Note that in FIG. 154, although the block deinterleaver 54 that performs the block deinterleaving, the group-wise deinterleaver 55 that performs the group-wise deinterleaving, and the parity deinterleaver 1011 that performs the parity deinterleaving are separated for the convenience of description, two or more of the block deinterleaver 54, the group-wise deinterleaver 55, and the parity deinterleaver 1011 can be integrated similarly to the parity interleaver 23, the group-wise interleaver 24, and the block interleaver 25 of the transmission apparatus 11.

<Configuration Example of Reception System>

FIG. 155 is a block diagram illustrating a first configuration example of a reception system to which the reception apparatus 12 can be applied.

In FIG. 155, the reception system includes an acquisition unit 1101, a transmission path decoding processing unit 1102, and an information source decoding processing unit 1103.

The acquisition unit 1101 acquires a signal including the LDPC code obtained by applying at least the LDPC coding to the LDPC target data, such as image data and voice data of a program through a transmission path (communication channel) not illustrated, such as terrestrial digital broadcasting, satellite digital broadcasting, CATV network, Internet, and other networks, and supplies the signal to the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102.

Here, in a case where the signal acquired by the acquisition unit 1101 is broadcasted from, for example, a broadcasting station, through a ground wave, a satellite wave, a CATV (Cable Television) network, or the like, the acquisition unit 1101 includes a tuner, an STB (Set Top Box), and the like. Furthermore, in a case where the signal acquired by the acquisition unit 1101 is transmitted from, for example, a web server through multicast as in IPTV (Internet Protocol Television), the acquisition unit 1101 includes, for example, a network I/F (Interface), such as a NIC (Network Interface Card).

The transmission path decoding processing unit 1102 is equivalent to the reception apparatus 12. The transmission path decoding processing unit 1102 applies a transmission path decoding process, which includes at least a process of correcting an error in the transmission path, to the signal acquired by the acquisition unit 1101 through the transmission path and supplies the signal obtained as a result of the process to the information source decoding processing unit 1103.

That is, the signal acquired by the acquisition unit 1101 through the transmission path is a signal obtained by performing at least the error correction coding for correcting the error in the transmission path, and the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102 applies a transmission path decoding process, such as an error correction process, to the signal.

Here, examples of the error correction coding include LDPC coding and BCH coding. Here, at least the LDPC coding is performed as the error correction coding.

In addition, the transmission path decoding process may include demodulation of modulation signal or the like.

The information source decoding processing unit 1103 applies an information source decoding process, which includes at least a process of decompressing compressed information into original information, to the signal after the transmission path decoding process.

That is, compression coding for compressing information is applied to the signal acquired by the acquisition unit 1101 through the transmission path in some cases in order to reduce the amount of data of images, voice, and the like as information. In that case, the information source decoding processing unit 1103 applies the information source decoding process, such as a process of decompressing the compressed information into the original information (decompression process), to the signal after the transmission path decoding process.

Note that in a case where the compression coding is not applied to the signal acquired by the acquisition unit 1101 through the transmission path, the information source decoding processing unit 1103 does not execute the process of decompressing the compressed information into the original information.

Here, an example of the decompression process includes MPEG decoding. In addition, the transmission path decoding process may include descrambling and the like in addition to the decompression process.

In the reception system configured in this way, the acquisition unit 1101 applies the compression coding, such as MPEG coding, to the data, such as images and voice. The acquisition unit 1101 further acquires the signal after the error correction coding, such as LDPC coding, through the transmission path and supplies the signal to the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102.

The transmission path decoding processing unit 1102 applies the transmission path decoding process, such as a process similar to the process executed by the reception apparatus 12, to the signal from the acquisition unit 1101 and supplies the signal obtained as a result of the transmission path decoding process to the information source decoding processing unit 1103.

The information source decoding processing unit 1103 applies the information source decoding process, such as MPEG decoding, to the signal from the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102 and outputs the images or voice obtained as a result of the information source decoding process.

The reception system of FIG. 155 can be applied to, for example, a TV tuner that receives television broadcasting as digital broadcasting.

Note that each of the acquisition unit 1101, the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102, and the information source decoding processing unit 1103 can be one independent apparatus (hardware (such as IC (Integrated Circuit)) or software module).

In addition, as for the acquisition unit 1101, the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102, and the information source decoding processing unit 1103, a set of the acquisition unit 1101 and the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102, a set of the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102 and the information source decoding processing unit 1103, or a set of the acquisition unit 1101, the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102, and the information source decoding processing unit 1103 can be one independent apparatus.

FIG. 156 is a block diagram illustrating a second configuration example of the reception system to which the reception apparatus 12 can be applied.

Note that in the figure, the same reference signs are provided to the parts corresponding to the case of FIG. 155, and the description will be appropriately omitted.

The reception system of FIG. 156 is common with the case of FIG. 155 in that the reception system includes the acquisition unit 1101, the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102, and the information source decoding processing unit 1103. The reception system of FIG. 156 is different from the case of FIG. 155 in that an output unit 1111 is newly provided.

The output unit 1111 is, for example, a display apparatus that displays an image or a speaker that outputs voice. The output unit 1111 outputs an image, voice, or the like as a signal output from the information source decoding processing unit 1103. That is, the output unit 1111 displays an image or outputs voice.

The reception system of FIG. 156 can be applied to, for example, a TV (television receiver) that receives television broadcasting as digital broadcasting, a radio receiver that receives radio broadcasting, or the like.

Note that in the case where the compression coding is not applied to the signal acquired by the acquisition unit 1101, the signal output by the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102 is supplied to the output unit 1111.

FIG. 157 is a block diagram illustrating a third configuration example of the reception system to which the reception apparatus 12 can be applied.

Note that in the figure, the same reference signs are provided to the parts corresponding to the case of FIG. 155, and the description will be appropriately omitted.

The reception system of FIG. 157 is common with the case of FIG. 155 in that the reception system includes the acquisition unit 1101 and the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102.

However, the reception system of FIG. 157 is different from the case of FIG. 155 in that the information source decoding processing unit 1103 is not provided, and a recording unit 1121 is newly provided.

The recording unit 1121 records (causes storage of) a signal (for example, TS packet of TS of MPEG) output by the transmission path decoding processing unit 1102 in a recording (storage) medium, such as an optical disk, a hard disk (magnetic disk), and a flash memory.

The reception system of FIG. 157 can be applied to a recorder that records television broadcasting and the like.

Note that in FIG. 157, the reception system can include the information source decoding processing unit 1103, and the signal after the information source decoding process applied by the information source decoding processing unit 1103, that is, an image or voice obtained by decoding, can be recorded in the recording unit 1121.

<Embodiment of Computer>

Next, the series of processes described above can be executed by hardware or can be executed by software. In the case where the series of processes are executed by software, a program included in the software is installed on a general-purpose computer or the like.

Therefore, FIG. 158 illustrates a configuration example of an embodiment of the computer in which the program for executing the series of processes is installed.

The program can be recorded in advance in a hard disk 705 or a ROM 703 as a recording medium built in the computer.

Alternatively, the program can be temporarily or permanently stored (recorded) in a removable recording medium 711, such as a flexible disk, a CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory), an MO (Magneto Optical) disk, a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), a magnetic disk, and a semiconductor memory. The removable recording medium 711 can be provided as so-called packaged software.

Note that the program can be installed on the computer from the removable recording medium 711. In addition, the program can be wirelessly transferred from a download site to a computer through a satellite for digital satellite broadcasting or can be transferred from a network, such as a LAN (Local Area Network) and the Internet, to the computer through a wire. The computer can receive the program transferred in this way through a communication unit 708 and install the program on the built-in hard disk 705.

The computer includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 702. An input-output interface 710 is connected to the CPU 702 through a bus 701. When, for example, the user operates an input unit 707 including a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone, or the like to input a command to the CPU 702 through the input-output interface 710, the CPU 702 executes the program stored in the ROM (Read Only Memory) 703 according to the command. Alternatively, the CPU 702 executes the program by loading, to a RAM (Random Access Memory) 704, the program stored in the hard disk 705, the program transferred from the satellite or the network, received by the communication unit 708, and installed on the hard disk 705, or the program read from the removable recording medium 711 mounted on a drive 709 and installed on the hard disk 705. As a result, the CPU 702 executes the processes according to the flow charts or the processes executed by the components in the block diagrams. In addition, the CPU 702 outputs the processing results from an output unit 706 including an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), a speaker, or the like, through the input-output interface 710 or transmits the processing results from the communication unit 708 as necessary, for example. The CPU 702 further causes the processing results to be recorded in the hard disk 705, for example.

Here, in the present specification, the processing steps describing the program for causing the computer to execute various processes may not be processed in chronological orders described in the flow charts, and the present specification also includes processes executed in parallel or executed individually (for example, parallel processing or processes using objects).

In addition, the program may be processed by one computer, or a plurality of computers may execute distributed processing of the program. Furthermore, the program may be transferred to and executed by a computer at a distant place.

Note that the embodiments of the present technique are not limited to the embodiments described above, and various changes can be made without departing from the scope of the present technique.

For example, the new LDPC code (check matrix initial value table of the new LDPC) can be used regardless of whether the communication channel 13 (FIG. 7) is a satellite line, a ground wave, a cable (wire line), or the like. Furthermore, the new LDPC code can also be used for data transmission other than the digital broadcasting.

Note that the advantageous effects described in the present specification are illustrative only, and the advantageous effects are not limited. There may also be other advantageous effects.

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11 Transmission apparatus, 12 Reception apparatus, 23 Parity interleaver, 24 Group-wise interleaver, 25 Block interleaver, 54 Block deinterleaver, 55 Group-wise deinterleaver, 111 Mode adaptation/multiplexer, 112 Padder, 113 BB scrambler, 114 BCH encoder, 115 LDPC encoder, 116 Bit interleaver, 117 Mapper, 118 Time interleaver, 119 SISO/MISO encoder, 120 Frequency interleaver, 121 BCH encoder, 122 LDPC encoder, 123 Mapper, 124 Frequency interleaver, 131 Frame builder & resource allocation unit, 132 OFDM generation unit, 151 OFDM operation unit, 152 Frame management unit, 153 Frequency deinterleaver, 154 Demapper, 155 LDPC decoder, 156 BCH decoder, 161 Frequency deinterleaver, 162 SISO/MISO decoder, 163 Time deinterleaver, 164 Demapper, 165 Bit deinterleaver, 166 LDPC decoder, 167 BCH decoder, 168 BB descrambler, 169 Null deletion unit, 170 Demultiplexer, 300 Edge data storage memory, 301 Selector, 302 Check node calculation unit, 303 Cyclic shift circuit, 304 Edge data storage memory, 305 Selector, 306 Reception data memory, 307 Variable node calculation unit, 308 Cyclic shift circuit, 309 Decode word calculation unit, 310 Reception data rearrangement unit, 311 Decoded data rearrangement unit, 601 Coding processing unit, 602 Storage unit, 611 Code rate setting unit, 612 Initial value table reading unit, 613 Check matrix generation unit, 614 Information bit reading unit, 615 Code parity computation unit, 616 Control unit, 701 Bus, 702 CPU, 703 ROM, 704 RAM, 705 Hard disk, 706 Output unit, 707 Input unit, 708 Communication unit, 709 Drive, 710 Input-output interface, 711 Removable recording medium, 1001 Reverse replacement unit, 1002 Memory, 1011 Parity deinterleaver, 1101 Acquisition unit, 1102 Transmission path decoding processing unit, 1103 Information source decoding processing unit, 1111 Output unit, 1121 Recording unit 

The invention claimed is:
 1. A transmission apparatus comprising: processing circuitry configured to perform LDPC coding based on a check matrix of an LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 7/16, wherein the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including 5189 9880 13538 15175 16621 16804 17705 17961 20733 21467 21989 22238 22463 22918 23828 24930 25118 29684 33583 37271 70 5848 12393 14052 14252 17346 17509 19994 20675 24493 25258 29167 29758 30689 33714 33848 33910 34528 36773 38204 460 3837 6795 6912 7428 10696 12315 13575 15357 21353 23908 24933 30574 32972 33778 34513 35079 35137 36858 38213 157 8681 9967 11922 12445 14847 16658 19556 22644 24339 25625 28151 28405 29858 30427 31235 32999 33392 33666 38766 3951 10022 12466 13163 13699 15100 16425 17314 22941 23114 23186 23320 31711 32091 32346 32880 33839 34080 35244 35281 1963 3894 4747 5005 9478 11504 11733 13851 15703 18601 19091 20025 23748 26876 28310 33966 36096 36785 38241 38311 1787 5475 7062 11439 11686 12094 13500 14948 16457 21418 23783 27664 29522 30557 30960 31551 31893 32108 32636 35190 420 1601 4105 10709 11003 19228 21225 21427 21627 22632 23597 24691 24876 27272 30053 30632 37024 37337 38287 38865 2010 2747 4310 4828 6790 6992 7149 7686 7839 9174 10122 12007 15980 17263 18970 21288 24460 33544 34955 36082 4728 5125 5485 6758 7027 7310 9319 12741 13418 14280 14608 18831 19770 20620 22885 24340 29811 30383 31190 31328 1394 1527 2639 3398 3525 5055 10589 14304 17665 24839 28525 29530 30637 30730 31979 32294 32322 36477 36553 38823 3045 9911 11773 12368 13334 18650 19865 21411 24014 25991 27310 27609 28086 28782 30162 34481 34903 35059 36026 36601 1245 1578 4372 7080 8475 13246 14436 15058 16006 16453 16536 20386 21253 25032 25217 27143 33582 34233 35898 37013 156 579 1835 2921 4288 5799 13536 17576 18882 19825 20721 21827 22488 23207 30595 30943 33676 34224 36783 37618 1761 2419 4684 5188 8865 11427 13523 22508 22588 22658 23319 24649 27740 28615 28701 30469 31004 31708 38366 38845 3458 4318 8330 11232 11559 12478 14158 14837 16062 22913 23562 27331 27356 27424 27568 27668 30979 34747 35621 36680 144 1310 2076 2897 8483 10803 15403 21321 24285 24473 28105 28715 28756 29235 30570 32778 33148 35641 37148 37821 4019 4750 6236 10250 10853 13526 15851 17279 18650 19259 20752 21209 21331 22157 22387 27086 29179 30736 32244 36708 20671 21714 26907 28806 10538 15159 29903 35695 7414 15003 28833 31718 28014 30364 31097 34164 118 7358 17504 27943 11617 12578 20090 33389 3664 4126 20256 31569 2510 3137 4580 13643 19359 19928 28120 34072 29 28234 33691 33901 1652 4422 9877 32434 9374 16809 26890 27786 6375 7463 20276 25951 877 5288 22733 32789 11506 11756 36420 37946 2188 3978 21657 24557 2467 13247 15618 38099 8086 19322 20602 26103 14418 28964 30852 8699 24256 28148 23353 25683 28619 20308 20717 29796 15424 18549 27624 8364 10552 12097 1131 2885 7391 1261 21060 38209 17317 21621 36705 5639 12807 17190 5191 24907 28557 2388 8217 10171 9817 13630 22551 12602 25327 29827 7656 19444 25085 6267 28863 36436 12681 14004 16008 13384 17331 20619 2733 5250 10975 12205 23370 30549 14780 27173 29844 8279 20595 21487 4138 6047 26339 9456 11906 20885 1705 17926 20388 1454 9194 30263 1231 8351 23181 10266 18803 27246 21186 22194 28560 781 5216 11393 13912 17866 28143 5477 10640 24020 685 19226 26846 11800 15237 19218 16399 32732 36732 4557 6863 14336 17277 19652 23485 3611 7209 21276 1050 21873 30442 2306 18242 28443 5814 9730 22265 1208 6778 7945 7738 14314 14752 26797 35849 37481 10778 14777 37667 2552 23380 26101 2779 15412 34159 3571 29931
 32092. 2. A transmission method comprising: performing, by processing circuitry, LDPC coding based on a check matrix of an LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 7/16, wherein the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including 5189 9880 13538 15175 16621 16804 17705 17961 20733 21467 21989 22238 22463 22918 23828 24930 25118 29684 33583 37271 70 5848 12393 14052 14252 17346 17509 19994 20675 24493 25258 29167 29758 30689 33714 33848 33910 34528 36773 38204 460 3837 6795 6912 7428 10696 12315 13575 15357 21353 23908 24933 30574 32972 33778 34513 35079 35137 36858 38213 157 8681 9967 11922 12445 14847 16658 19556 22644 24339 25625 28151 28405 29858 30427 31235 32999 33392 33666 38766 3951 10022 12466 13163 13699 15100 16425 17314 22941 23114 23186 23320 31711 32091 32346 32880 33839 34080 35244 35281 1963 3894 4747 5005 9478 11504 11733 13851 15703 18601 19091 20025 23748 26876 28310 33966 36096 36785 38241 38311 1787 5475 7062 11439 11686 12094 13500 14948 16457 21418 23783 27664 29522 30557 30960 31551 31893 32108 32636 35190 420 1601 4105 10709 11003 19228 21225 21427 21627 22632 23597 24691 24876 27272 30053 30632 37024 37337 38287 38865 2010 2747 4310 4828 6790 6992 7149 7686 7839 9174 10122 12007 15980 17263 18970 21288 24460 33544 34955 36082 4728 5125 5485 6758 7027 7310 9319 12741 13418 14280 14608 18831 19770 20620 22885 24340 29811 30383 31190 31328 1394 1527 2639 3398 3525 5055 10589 14304 17665 24839 28525 29530 30637 30730 31979 32294 32322 36477 36553 38823 3045 9911 11773 12368 13334 18650 19865 21411 24014 25991 27310 27609 28086 28782 30162 34481 34903 35059 36026 36601 1245 1578 4372 7080 8475 13246 14436 15058 16006 16453 16536 20386 21253 25032 25217 27143 33582 34233 35898 37013 156 579 1835 2921 4288 5799 13536 17576 18882 19825 20721 21827 22488 23207 30595 30943 33676 34224 36783 37618 1761 2419 4684 5188 8865 11427 13523 22508 22588 22658 23319 24649 27740 28615 28701 30469 31004 31708 38366 38845 3458 4318 8330 11232 11559 12478 14158 14837 16062 22913 23562 27331 27356 27424 27568 27668 30979 34747 35621 36680 144 1310 2076 2897 8483 10803 15403 21321 24285 24473 28105 28715 28756 29235 30570 32778 33148 35641 37148 37821 4019 4750 6236 10250 10853 13526 15851 17279 18650 19259 20752 21209 21331 22157 22387 27086 29179 30736 32244 36708 20671 21714 26907 28806 10538 15159 29903 35695 7414 15003 28833 31718 28014 30364 31097 34164 118 7358 17504 27943 11617 12578 20090 33389 3664 4126 20256 31569 2510 3137 4580 13643 19359 19928 28120 34072 29 28234 33691 33901 1652 4422 9877 32434 9374 16809 26890 27786 6375 7463 20276 25951 877 5288 22733 32789 11506 11756 36420 37946 2188 3978 21657 24557 2467 13247 15618 38099 8086 19322 20602 26103 14418 28964 30852 8699 24256 28148 23353 25683 28619 20308 20717 29796 15424 18549 27624 8364 10552 12097 1131 2885 7391 1261 21060 38209 17317 21621 36705 5639 12807 17190 5191 24907 28557 2388 8217 10171 9817 13630 22551 12602 25327 29827 7656 19444 25085 6267 28863 36436 12681 14004 16008 13384 17331 20619 2733 5250 10975 12205 23370 30549 14780 27173 29844 8279 20595 21487 4138 6047 26339 9456 11906 20885 1705 17926 20388 1454 9194 30263 1231 8351 23181 10266 18803 27246 21186 22194 28560 781 5216 11393 13912 17866 28143 5477 10640 24020 685 19226 26846 11800 15237 19218 16399 32732 36732 4557 6863 14336 17277 19652 23485 3611 7209 21276 1050 21873 30442 2306 18242 28443 5814 9730 22265 1208 6778 7945 7738 14314 14752 26797 35849 37481 10778 14777 37667 2552 23380 26101 2779 15412 34159 3571 29931
 32092. 3. A reception apparatus comprising: processing circuitry configured to decode an LDPC code obtained from data transmitted from a transmission apparatus, the LDPC code being generated based on a check matrix of the LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 7/16, wherein the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including 5189 9880 13538 15175 16621 16804 17705 17961 20733 21467 21989 22238 22463 22918 23828 24930 25118 29684 33583 37271 70 5848 12393 14052 14252 17346 17509 19994 20675 24493 25258 29167 29758 30689 33714 33848 33910 34528 36773 38204 460 3837 6795 6912 7428 10696 12315 13575 15357 21353 23908 24933 30574 32972 33778 34513 35079 35137 36858 38213 157 8681 9967 11922 12445 14847 16658 19556 22644 24339 25625 28151 28405 29858 30427 31235 32999 33392 33666 38766 3951 10022 12466 13163 13699 15100 16425 17314 22941 23114 23186 23320 31711 32091 32346 32880 33839 34080 35244 35281 1963 3894 4747 5005 9478 11504 11733 13851 15703 18601 19091 20025 23748 26876 28310 33966 36096 36785 38241 38311 1787 5475 7062 11439 11686 12094 13500 14948 16457 21418 23783 27664 29522 30557 30960 31551 31893 32108 32636 35190 420 1601 4105 10709 11003 19228 21225 21427 21627 22632 23597 24691 24876 27272 30053 30632 37024 37337 38287 38865 2010 2747 4310 4828 6790 6992 7149 7686 7839 9174 10122 12007 15980 17263 18970 21288 24460 33544 34955 36082 4728 5125 5485 6758 7027 7310 9319 12741 13418 14280 14608 18831 19770 20620 22885 24340 29811 30383 31190 31328 1394 1527 2639 3398 3525 5055 10589 14304 17665 24839 28525 29530 30637 30730 31979 32294 32322 36477 36553 38823 3045 9911 11773 12368 13334 18650 19865 21411 24014 25991 27310 27609 28086 28782 30162 34481 34903 35059 36026 36601 1245 1578 4372 7080 8475 13246 14436 15058 16006 16453 16536 20386 21253 25032 25217 27143 33582 34233 35898 37013 156 579 1835 2921 4288 5799 13536 17576 18882 19825 20721 21827 22488 23207 30595 30943 33676 34224 36783 37618 1761 2419 4684 5188 8865 11427 13523 22508 22588 22658 23319 24649 27740 28615 28701 30469 31004 31708 38366 38845 3458 4318 8330 11232 11559 12478 14158 14837 16062 22913 23562 27331 27356 27424 27568 27668 30979 34747 35621 36680 144 1310 2076 2897 8483 10803 15403 21321 24285 24473 28105 28715 28756 29235 30570 32778 33148 35641 37148 37821 4019 4750 6236 10250 10853 13526 15851 17279 18650 19259 20752 21209 21331 22157 22387 27086 29179 30736 32244 36708 20671 21714 26907 28806 10538 15159 29903 35695 7414 15003 28833 31718 28014 30364 31097 34164 118 7358 17504 27943 11617 12578 20090 33389 3664 4126 20256 31569 2510 3137 4580 13643 19359 19928 28120 34072 29 28234 33691 33901 1652 4422 9877 32434 9374 16809 26890 27786 6375 7463 20276 25951 877 5288 22733 32789 11506 11756 36420 37946 2188 3978 21657 24557 2467 13247 15618 38099 8086 19322 20602 26103 14418 28964 30852 8699 24256 28148 23353 25683 28619 20308 20717 29796 15424 18549 27624 8364 10552 12097 1131 2885 7391 1261 21060 38209 17317 21621 36705 5639 12807 17190 5191 24907 28557 2388 8217 10171 9817 13630 22551 12602 25327 29827 7656 19444 25085 6267 28863 36436 12681 14004 16008 13384 17331 20619 2733 5250 10975 12205 23370 30549 14780 27173 29844 8279 20595 21487 4138 6047 26339 9456 11906 20885 1705 17926 20388 1454 9194 30263 1231 8351 23181 10266 18803 27246 21186 22194 28560 781 5216 11393 13912 17866 28143 5477 10640 24020 685 19226 26846 11800 15237 19218 16399 32732 36732 4557 6863 14336 17277 19652 23485 3611 7209 21276 1050 21873 30442 2306 18242 28443 5814 9730 22265 1208 6778 7945 7738 14314 14752 26797 35849 37481 10778 14777 37667 2552 23380 26101 2779 15412 34159 3571 29931
 32092. 4. A reception method comprising: decoding, by processing circuitry, an LDPC code obtained from data transmitted from a transmission apparatus, the LDPC code being generated based on a check matrix of the LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 7/16, wherein the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including 5189 9880 13538 15175 16621 16804 17705 17961 20733 21467 21989 22238 22463 22918 23828 24930 25118 29684 33583 37271 70 5848 12393 14052 14252 17346 17509 19994 20675 24493 25258 29167 29758 30689 33714 33848 33910 34528 36773 38204 460 3837 6795 6912 7428 10696 12315 13575 15357 21353 23908 24933 30574 32972 33778 34513 35079 35137 36858 38213 157 8681 9967 11922 12445 14847 16658 19556 22644 24339 25625 28151 28405 29858 30427 31235 32999 33392 33666 38766 3951 10022 12466 13163 13699 15100 16425 17314 22941 23114 23186 23320 31711 32091 32346 32880 33839 34080 35244 35281 1963 3894 4747 5005 9478 11504 11733 13851 15703 18601 19091 20025 23748 26876 28310 33966 36096 36785 38241 38311 1787 5475 7062 11439 11686 12094 13500 14948 16457 21418 23783 27664 29522 30557 30960 31551 31893 32108 32636 35190 420 1601 4105 10709 11003 19228 21225 21427 21627 22632 23597 24691 24876 27272 30053 30632 37024 37337 38287 38865 2010 2747 4310 4828 6790 6992 7149 7686 7839 9174 10122 12007 15980 17263 18970 21288 24460 33544 34955 36082 4728 5125 5485 6758 7027 7310 9319 12741 13418 14280 14608 18831 19770 20620 22885 24340 29811 30383 31190 31328 1394 1527 2639 3398 3525 5055 10589 14304 17665 24839 28525 29530 30637 30730 31979 32294 32322 36477 36553 38823 3045 9911 11773 12368 13334 18650 19865 21411 24014 25991 27310 27609 28086 28782 30162 34481 34903 35059 36026 36601 1245 1578 4372 7080 8475 13246 14436 15058 16006 16453 16536 20386 21253 25032 25217 27143 33582 34233 35898 37013 156 579 1835 2921 4288 5799 13536 17576 18882 19825 20721 21827 22488 23207 30595 30943 33676 34224 36783 37618 1761 2419 4684 5188 8865 11427 13523 22508 22588 22658 23319 24649 27740 28615 28701 30469 31004 31708 38366 38845 3458 4318 8330 11232 11559 12478 14158 14837 16062 22913 23562 27331 27356 27424 27568 27668 30979 34747 35621 36680 144 1310 2076 2897 8483 10803 15403 21321 24285 24473 28105 28715 28756 29235 30570 32778 33148 35641 37148 37821 4019 4750 6236 10250 10853 13526 15851 17279 18650 19259 20752 21209 21331 22157 22387 27086 29179 30736 32244 36708 20671 21714 26907 28806 10538 15159 29903 35695 7414 15003 28833 31718 28014 30364 31097 34164 118 7358 17504 27943 11617 12578 20090 33389 3664 4126 20256 31569 2510 3137 4580 13643 19359 19928 28120 34072 29 28234 33691 33901 1652 4422 9877 32434 9374 16809 26890 27786 6375 7463 20276 25951 877 5288 22733 32789 11506 11756 36420 37946 2188 3978 21657 24557 2467 13247 15618 38099 8086 19322 20602 26103 14418 28964 30852 8699 24256 28148 23353 25683 28619 20308 20717 29796 15424 18549 27624 8364 10552 12097 1131 2885 7391 1261 21060 38209 17317 21621 36705 5639 12807 17190 5191 24907 28557 2388 8217 10171 9817 13630 22551 12602 25327 29827 7656 19444 25085 6267 28863 36436 12681 14004 16008 13384 17331 20619 2733 5250 10975 12205 23370 30549 14780 27173 29844 8279 20595 21487 4138 6047 26339 9456 11906 20885 1705 17926 20388 1454 9194 30263 1231 8351 23181 10266 18803 27246 21186 22194 28560 781 5216 11393 13912 17866 28143 5477 10640 24020 685 19226 26846 11800 15237 19218 16399 32732 36732 4557 6863 14336 17277 19652 23485 3611 7209 21276 1050 21873 30442 2306 18242 28443 5814 9730 22265 1208 6778 7945 7738 14314 14752 26797 35849 37481 10778 14777 37667 2552 23380 26101 2779 15412 34159 3571 29931
 32092. 5. A transmission apparatus comprising: processing circuitry configured to perform LDPC coding based on a check matrix of an LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 7/16, wherein the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including 3781 6916 6934 11478 12245 13955 15314 15521 16710 18163 21883 24658 26586 27981 28648 31274 31994 34499 37654 38089 38646 3409 4491 5576 6779 8290 9295 10165 10287 12457 13052 15649 18861 22798 24303 27720 28767 31148 32645 33114 34014 34571 1346 3203 4376 8828 12144 12192 14471 15695 16838 16973 19039 20649 20772 22260 22370 23704 26220 30178 31953 32499 38758 1999 2724 2805 5711 5722 8176 8583 12845 13604 14529 16195 19312 19612 19892 22950 23697 24556 26319 27521 27582 31615 5209 8943 9877 10643 10853 11048 13651 17069 17210 19068 22040 23883 25579 28354 28597 29409 29457 31169 34228 36180 38572 271 910 4894 5838 7166 9457 12559 12752 16661 16732 19190 21313 21378 24410 25551 25708 28928 30537 30682 31552 37906 131 4378 6224 8143 9240 11696 14292 14520 19337 22025 26069 27418 29338 31791 32164 32573 33547 34934 36289 37163 37319 1756 4041 7413 9799 10173 10574 11704 12500 13043 14811 15087 15521 16177 18453 18681 28169 30555 31106 32511 34350 37236 589 2827 3183 4406 12246 13112 16739 17616 17952 20154 21240 21938 23145 24248 26189 27216 27386 31623 32819 36361 38005 1214 1245 1755 1940 6822 6895 7750 8687 11684 11802 12942 13362 16423 18240 19600 21676 23939 28782 35714 37597 38146 286 5126 6405 6586 9097 10975 12268 12805 14506 14744 17117 18827 26361 26441 27256 28757 29140 29568 31553 37795 38655 961 2442 3434 3890 4209 4320 6417 6430 7180 9265 20461 21026 27325 31207 33765 36370 36500 36977 38064 38244 38418 5836 8876 9094 9332 13613 13780 14565 15475 15887 16458 16489 16776 18723 21934 24271 24363 25696 27794 37030 38030 2707 3249 3740 7503 10158 11464 12834 14675 18245 18332 18888 20213 23130 25452 29019 30588 32027 34057 34209 38495 381 570 3671 10027 10746 11751 12139 18163 19455 19681 20051 23763 25300 26984 27021 28070 28763 30826 33291 37391 8609 10336 10568 11672 12691 13250 15095 15785 18246 20835 21516 24332 24612 25226 27732 28106 32122 32676 33437 36733 2063 3030 4285 4466 7200 10031 14609 15378 16363 20611 20757 21235 21420 22476 24313 24319 28117 29270 34947 38242 425 1528 3005 4946 5624 6809 11163 11656 14898 16555 19289 20411 22140 23168 27381 28648 31395 34424 37450 37775 7763 12513 14792 20465 3337 4306 13225 26639 3511 4168 7745 18770 3034 26440 31723 32582 2458 13276 28213 34317 4590 5331 9772 22678 6678 16422 17052 22284 4795 7956 23271 34038 5100 15330 23420 23750 20996 25124 29783 38015 3207 5296 6461 26697 16855 27613 31134 31686 645 9868 18039 29836 2837 27058 32786 37066 5648 25181 31874 35839 1831 21924 31081 33927 5649 7669 15910 33928 1748 10198 33744 35288 2171 17317 31053 11028 20243 35491 17583 20154 34159 17839 23678 37001 4358 14031 25177 12213 18527 26206 1897 9338 17717 9315 20885 34713 26252 29369 36804 1535 19475 31065 11508 26408 34731 4430 11634 38416 8986 11977 34069 17765 24479 30156 1099 26782 31497 981 18470 28248 9162 13600 19481 5511 19553 30120 2299 35420 38187 1631 10361 36516 10702 24063 37997 26964 33568 33761 10905 13637 24483 12467 16884 21722 4981 23353 24018 6032 23198 29021 9021 11723 19411 12601 22896 32001 5407 20108 22816 21401 22681 23327 15260 23228 25012 12631 18459 34837 14055 27588 37191 6994 7622 19062 26176 31883 35168 29635 34213 34806 271 7694 36198 28822 31540 36325 5327 14023 35685 5336 5992 29716 2240 19183 21378 6970 21252 23374 8500 19154 29238 5559 6658 16206 18842 34518 34742 729 10571 34149 1654 2000 35507 12555 29469
 38762. 6. A transmission method comprising: performing, by processing circuitry, LDPC coding based on a check matrix of an LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 7/16, wherein the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including 3781 6916 6934 11478 12245 13955 15314 15521 16710 18163 21883 24658 26586 27981 28648 31274 31994 34499 37654 38089 38646 3409 4491 5576 6779 8290 9295 10165 10287 12457 13052 15649 18861 22798 24303 27720 28767 31148 32645 33114 34014 34571 1346 3203 4376 8828 12144 12192 14471 15695 16838 16973 19039 20649 20772 22260 22370 23704 26220 30178 31953 32499 38758 1999 2724 2805 5711 5722 8176 8583 12845 13604 14529 16195 19312 19612 19892 22950 23697 24556 26319 27521 27582 31615 5209 8943 9877 10643 10853 11048 13651 17069 17210 19068 22040 23883 25579 28354 28597 29409 29457 31169 34228 36180 38572 271 910 4894 5838 7166 9457 12559 12752 16661 16732 19190 21313 21378 24410 25551 25708 28928 30537 30682 31552 37906 131 4378 6224 8143 9240 11696 14292 14520 19337 22025 26069 27418 29338 31791 32164 32573 33547 34934 36289 37163 37319 1756 4041 7413 9799 10173 10574 11704 12500 13043 14811 15087 15521 16177 18453 18681 28169 30555 31106 32511 34350 37236 589 2827 3183 4406 12246 13112 16739 17616 17952 20154 21240 21938 23145 24248 26189 27216 27386 31623 32819 36361 38005 1214 1245 1755 1940 6822 6895 7750 8687 11684 11802 12942 13362 16423 18240 19600 21676 23939 28782 35714 37597 38146 286 5126 6405 6586 9097 10975 12268 12805 14506 14744 17117 18827 26361 26441 27256 28757 29140 29568 31553 37795 38655 961 2442 3434 3890 4209 4320 6417 6430 7180 9265 20461 21026 27325 31207 33765 36370 36500 36977 38064 38244 38418 5836 8876 9094 9332 13613 13780 14565 15475 15887 16458 16489 16776 18723 21934 24271 24363 25696 27794 37030 38030 2707 3249 3740 7503 10158 11464 12834 14675 18245 18332 18888 20213 23130 25452 29019 30588 32027 34057 34209 38495 381 570 3671 10027 10746 11751 12139 18163 19455 19681 20051 23763 25300 26984 27021 28070 28763 30826 33291 37391 8609 10336 10568 11672 12691 13250 15095 15785 18246 20835 21516 24332 24612 25226 27732 28106 32122 32676 33437 36733 2063 3030 4285 4466 7200 10031 14609 15378 16363 20611 20757 21235 21420 22476 24313 24319 28117 29270 34947 38242 425 1528 3005 4946 5624 6809 11163 11656 14898 16555 19289 20411 22140 23168 27381 28648 31395 34424 37450 37775 7763 12513 14792 20465 3337 4306 13225 26639 3511 4168 7745 18770 3034 26440 31723 32582 2458 13276 28213 34317 4590 5331 9772 22678 6678 16422 17052 22284 4795 7956 23271 34038 5100 15330 23420 23750 20996 25124 29783 38015 3207 5296 6461 26697 16855 27613 31134 31686 645 9868 18039 29836 2837 27058 32786 37066 5648 25181 31874 35839 1831 21924 31081 33927 5649 7669 15910 33928 1748 10198 33744 35288 2171 17317 31053 11028 20243 35491 17583 20154 34159 17839 23678 37001 4358 14031 25177 12213 18527 26206 1897 9338 17717 9315 20885 34713 26252 29369 36804 1535 19475 31065 11508 26408 34731 4430 11634 38416 8986 11977 34069 17765 24479 30156 1099 26782 31497 981 18470 28248 9162 13600 19481 5511 19553 30120 2299 35420 38187 1631 10361 36516 10702 24063 37997 26964 33568 33761 10905 13637 24483 12467 16884 21722 4981 23353 24018 6032 23198 29021 9021 11723 19411 12601 22896 32001 5407 20108 22816 21401 22681 23327 15260 23228 25012 12631 18459 34837 14055 27588 37191 6994 7622 19062 26176 31883 35168 29635 34213 34806 271 7694 36198 28822 31540 36325 5327 14023 35685 5336 5992 29716 2240 19183 21378 6970 21252 23374 8500 19154 29238 5559 6658 16206 18842 34518 34742 729 10571 34149 1654 2000 35507 12555 29469
 38762. 7. A reception apparatus comprising: processing circuitry configured to decode an LDPC code obtained from data transmitted from a transmission apparatus, the LDPC code being generated based on a check matrix of the LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 7/16, wherein the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including 3781 6916 6934 11478 12245 13955 15314 15521 16710 18163 21883 24658 26586 27981 28648 31274 31994 34499 37654 38089 38646 3409 4491 5576 6779 8290 9295 10165 10287 12457 13052 15649 18861 22798 24303 27720 28767 31148 32645 33114 34014 34571 1346 3203 4376 8828 12144 12192 14471 15695 16838 16973 19039 20649 20772 22260 22370 23704 26220 30178 31953 32499 38758 1999 2724 2805 5711 5722 8176 8583 12845 13604 14529 16195 19312 19612 19892 22950 23697 24556 26319 27521 27582 31615 5209 8943 9877 10643 10853 11048 13651 17069 17210 19068 22040 23883 25579 28354 28597 29409 29457 31169 34228 36180 38572 271 910 4894 5838 7166 9457 12559 12752 16661 16732 19190 21313 21378 24410 25551 25708 28928 30537 30682 31552 37906 131 4378 6224 8143 9240 11696 14292 14520 19337 22025 26069 27418 29338 31791 32164 32573 33547 34934 36289 37163 37319 1756 4041 7413 9799 10173 10574 11704 12500 13043 14811 15087 15521 16177 18453 18681 28169 30555 31106 32511 34350 37236 589 2827 3183 4406 12246 13112 16739 17616 17952 20154 21240 21938 23145 24248 26189 27216 27386 31623 32819 36361 38005 1214 1245 1755 1940 6822 6895 7750 8687 11684 11802 12942 13362 16423 18240 19600 21676 23939 28782 35714 37597 38146 286 5126 6405 6586 9097 10975 12268 12805 14506 14744 17117 18827 26361 26441 27256 28757 29140 29568 31553 37795 38655 961 2442 3434 3890 4209 4320 6417 6430 7180 9265 20461 21026 27325 31207 33765 36370 36500 36977 38064 38244 38418 5836 8876 9094 9332 13613 13780 14565 15475 15887 16458 16489 16776 18723 21934 24271 24363 25696 27794 37030 38030 2707 3249 3740 7503 10158 11464 12834 14675 18245 18332 18888 20213 23130 25452 29019 30588 32027 34057 34209 38495 381 570 3671 10027 10746 11751 12139 18163 19455 19681 20051 23763 25300 26984 27021 28070 28763 30826 33291 37391 8609 10336 10568 11672 12691 13250 15095 15785 18246 20835 21516 24332 24612 25226 27732 28106 32122 32676 33437 36733 2063 3030 4285 4466 7200 10031 14609 15378 16363 20611 20757 21235 21420 22476 24313 24319 28117 29270 34947 38242 425 1528 3005 4946 5624 6809 11163 11656 14898 16555 19289 20411 22140 23168 27381 28648 31395 34424 37450 37775 7763 12513 14792 20465 3337 4306 13225 26639 3511 4168 7745 18770 3034 26440 31723 32582 2458 13276 28213 34317 4590 5331 9772 22678 6678 16422 17052 22284 4795 7956 23271 34038 5100 15330 23420 23750 20996 25124 29783 38015 3207 5296 6461 26697 16855 27613 31134 31686 645 9868 18039 29836 2837 27058 32786 37066 5648 25181 31874 35839 1831 21924 31081 33927 5649 7669 15910 33928 1748 10198 33744 35288 2171 17317 31053 11028 20243 35491 17583 20154 34159 17839 23678 37001 4358 14031 25177 12213 18527 26206 1897 9338 17717 9315 20885 34713 26252 29369 36804 1535 19475 31065 11508 26408 34731 4430 11634 38416 8986 11977 34069 17765 24479 30156 1099 26782 31497 981 18470 28248 9162 13600 19481 5511 19553 30120 2299 35420 38187 1631 10361 36516 10702 24063 37997 26964 33568 33761 10905 13637 24483 12467 16884 21722 4981 23353 24018 6032 23198 29021 9021 11723 19411 12601 22896 32001 5407 20108 22816 21401 22681 23327 15260 23228 25012 12631 18459 34837 14055 27588 37191 6994 7622 19062 26176 31883 35168 29635 34213 34806 271 7694 36198 28822 31540 36325 5327 14023 35685 5336 5992 29716 2240 19183 21378 6970 21252 23374 8500 19154 29238 5559 6658 16206 18842 34518 34742 729 10571 34149 1654 2000 35507 12555 29469
 38762. 8. A reception method comprising: decoding, by the processing circuitry, an LDPC code obtained from data transmitted from a transmission apparatus, the LDPC code being generated based on a check matrix of the LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 7/16, wherein the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including 3781 6916 6934 11478 12245 13955 15314 15521 16710 18163 21883 24658 26586 27981 28648 31274 31994 34499 37654 38089 38646 3409 4491 5576 6779 8290 9295 10165 10287 12457 13052 15649 18861 22798 24303 27720 28767 31148 32645 33114 34014 34571 1346 3203 4376 8828 12144 12192 14471 15695 16838 16973 19039 20649 20772 22260 22370 23704 26220 30178 31953 32499 38758 1999 2724 2805 5711 5722 8176 8583 12845 13604 14529 16195 19312 19612 19892 22950 23697 24556 26319 27521 27582 31615 5209 8943 9877 10643 10853 11048 13651 17069 17210 19068 22040 23883 25579 28354 28597 29409 29457 31169 34228 36180 38572 271 910 4894 5838 7166 9457 12559 12752 16661 16732 19190 21313 21378 24410 25551 25708 28928 30537 30682 31552 37906 131 4378 6224 8143 9240 11696 14292 14520 19337 22025 26069 27418 29338 31791 32164 32573 33547 34934 36289 37163 37319 1756 4041 7413 9799 10173 10574 11704 12500 13043 14811 15087 15521 16177 18453 18681 28169 30555 31106 32511 34350 37236 589 2827 3183 4406 12246 13112 16739 17616 17952 20154 21240 21938 23145 24248 26189 27216 27386 31623 32819 36361 38005 1214 1245 1755 1940 6822 6895 7750 8687 11684 11802 12942 13362 16423 18240 19600 21676 23939 28782 35714 37597 38146 286 5126 6405 6586 9097 10975 12268 12805 14506 14744 17117 18827 26361 26441 27256 28757 29140 29568 31553 37795 38655 961 2442 3434 3890 4209 4320 6417 6430 7180 9265 20461 21026 27325 31207 33765 36370 36500 36977 38064 38244 38418 5836 8876 9094 9332 13613 13780 14565 15475 15887 16458 16489 16776 18723 21934 24271 24363 25696 27794 37030 38030 2707 3249 3740 7503 10158 11464 12834 14675 18245 18332 18888 20213 23130 25452 29019 30588 32027 34057 34209 38495 381 570 3671 10027 10746 11751 12139 18163 19455 19681 20051 23763 25300 26984 27021 28070 28763 30826 33291 37391 8609 10336 10568 11672 12691 13250 15095 15785 18246 20835 21516 24332 24612 25226 27732 28106 32122 32676 33437 36733 2063 3030 4285 4466 7200 10031 14609 15378 16363 20611 20757 21235 21420 22476 24313 24319 28117 29270 34947 38242 425 1528 3005 4946 5624 6809 11163 11656 14898 16555 19289 20411 22140 23168 27381 28648 31395 34424 37450 37775 7763 12513 14792 20465 3337 4306 13225 26639 3511 4168 7745 18770 3034 26440 31723 32582 2458 13276 28213 34317 4590 5331 9772 22678 6678 16422 17052 22284 4795 7956 23271 34038 5100 15330 23420 23750 20996 25124 29783 38015 3207 5296 6461 26697 16855 27613 31134 31686 645 9868 18039 29836 2837 27058 32786 37066 5648 25181 31874 35839 1831 21924 31081 33927 5649 7669 15910 33928 1748 10198 33744 35288 2171 17317 31053 11028 20243 35491 17583 20154 34159 17839 23678 37001 4358 14031 25177 12213 18527 26206 1897 9338 17717 9315 20885 34713 26252 29369 36804 1535 19475 31065 11508 26408 34731 4430 11634 38416 8986 11977 34069 17765 24479 30156 1099 26782 31497 981 18470 28248 9162 13600 19481 5511 19553 30120 2299 35420 38187 1631 10361 36516 10702 24063 37997 26964 33568 33761 10905 13637 24483 12467 16884 21722 4981 23353 24018 6032 23198 29021 9021 11723 19411 12601 22896 32001 5407 20108 22816 21401 22681 23327 15260 23228 25012 12631 18459 34837 14055 27588 37191 6994 7622 19062 26176 31883 35168 29635 34213 34806 271 7694 36198 28822 31540 36325 5327 14023 35685 5336 5992 29716 2240 19183 21378 6970 21252 23374 8500 19154 29238 5559 6658 16206 18842 34518 34742 729 10571 34149 1654 2000 35507 12555 29469
 38762. 9. A transmission apparatus comprising: processing circuitry configured to perform LDPC coding based on a check matrix of an LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 8/16, wherein the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including 1850 4176 4190 7294 8168 8405 9258 9710 13440 16304 16600 18184 18834 19899 22513 25068 26659 27137 27232 29186 29667 30549 31428 33634 2477 2543 5094 8081 9573 10269 11276 11439 13016 13327 16717 18042 19362 19721 20089 20425 20503 21396 24677 24722 28703 32486 32759 33630 1930 2158 2315 2683 3818 4883 5252 5505 8760 9580 11867 13117 14566 15639 17273 18820 21069 24945 25667 26785 30678 31271 33003 33244 1279 1491 2038 2347 2432 4336 4905 6588 7507 7666 8775 9172 10405 12249 12270 12373 12936 13046 13364 15130 17597 22855 27548 32895 620 1897 3775 5552 6799 7621 10167 10172 10615 11367 12093 13241 15426 16623 19467 19792 22069 22370 24472 24594 25205 25954 27800 29422 582 1618 4673 5809 6318 6883 8051 12335 12409 13176 14078 15206 17580 18624 18876 19079 20786 21177 25894 26395 27377 27757 30167 31971 1157 2189 4160 4480 5055 8961 9171 9444 10533 11581 12904 14256 14620 15773 16232 17598 19756 21134 21443 22559 23258 25137 25555 28150 987 1258 1269 2394 4859 5642 5705 6093 6408 7734 8804 10657 11946 16132 20267 25402 26505 26548 27060 29767 29780 31915 31966 33590 1010 1363 1626 5283 6356 10961 12418 14332 14362 16288 16303 16592 17096 20115 20285 20478 21774 22165 22425 23198 25048 25596 31540 32841 895 2743 2912 4971 8803 11183 14500 14617 14638 16776 17901 18622 20244 20845 22214 25676 26161 26281 29978 30392 30922 31542 32038 32443 188 260 411 2823 5512 5645 10019 11856 12671 14273 14673 16091 16169 22333 22934 22945 23542 26503 27159 27279 28277 30114 31626 32722 357 516 3530 4317 8587 9491 10348 11330 13446 14533 15423 17003 17217 19127 20088 20750 21767 22386 24021 27749 29008 29376 30329 32940 2909 3036 4875 9967 10632 12069 12410 14004 14628 15605 15852 18231 18657 19705 20620 22241 29575 29656 31246 32190 32781 33489 33842 34492 4242 5461 5577 7662 11130 13663 17240 17773 18339 19400 22905 24219 25464 25890 26359 27121 27318 27840 30800 32587 32924 33427 33940 34058 421 2222 3457 5257 5600 10147 12754 17380 18854 20333 20345 20752 24578 25196 25638 25725 25822 27610 28006 28563 29632 29973 29991 34166 41 207 1043 4650 5387 6826 7261 8687 9092 10775 11446 12596 16613 19463 20923 24155 24927 25384 26064 27377 28094 32578 32639 34115 1050 5731 15820 16281 26130 29314 5980 6161 14479 22181 22537 32924 7828 9134 11297 17143 25449 29674 8299 10457 14486 21548 22510 32039 1527 7792 10424 19166 29302 29768 5823 13974 21254 21506 25658 29491 6285 9873 12846 14474 17005 29377 1740 4929 8285 20994 32271 34522 12862 16827 22427 23369 27051 30378 4787 10372 10408 12091 20349 26162 6659 22752 24697 28261 28917 32536 6788 15367 21778 28916 30324 33927 7181 12373 21912 24703 28680 34045 2238 4945 14336 19270 29574 33459 10283 15311 17440 24599 24867 28293 324 5264 5375 6581 24348 30288 3112 7656 23825 21624 22318 22633 5284 19790 22758 2700 4039 12576 17028 17520 19579 11914 17834 33989 2199 5502 7184 22 20701 26497 5551 27014 32876 4019 26547 28521 7580 10016 33855 4328 11674 34018 8491 9956 10029 6167 11267 24914 5317 9049 29657 20717 28724 33012 16841 21647 31096 11931 16278 20287 9402 10557 11008 11826 15349 34420 14369 17031 20597 19164 27947 29775 15537 18796 33662 5404 21027 26757 6269 12671 24309 8601 29048 29262 10099 20323 21457 15952 17074 30434 7597 20987 33095 11298 24182 29217 12055 16250 16971 5350 9354 31390 8168 14168 18570 5448 13141 32381 3921 21113 28176 8756 19895 27917 9391 16617 25586 3357 18527 34238 2378 16840 28948 7470 27466 32928 8366 19376 30916 3116 7267 18016 15309 18445 21799 4731 23773 34546 260 4898 5180 8897 22266 29587 2539 23717 33142 19233 28750 29724 9937 15384 16599 10234 17089 26776 8869 9425 13658 6197 24086 31929 9237 20931 27785 10403 13822 16734 20038 21196 26868 13170 27813 28875 1110 20329 24508 11844 22662 28987 2891 2918 14512 15707 27399 34135 8687 20019 26178 6847 8903 16307 23737 23775 27776 17388 27970
 31983. 10. A transmission method comprising: performing, by processing circuitry, LDPC coding based on a check matrix of an LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 8/16, wherein the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including 1850 4176 4190 7294 8168 8405 9258 9710 13440 16304 16600 18184 18834 19899 22513 25068 26659 27137 27232 29186 29667 30549 31428 33634 2477 2543 5094 8081 9573 10269 11276 11439 13016 13327 16717 18042 19362 19721 20089 20425 20503 21396 24677 24722 28703 32486 32759 33630 1930 2158 2315 2683 3818 4883 5252 5505 8760 9580 11867 13117 14566 15639 17273 18820 21069 24945 25667 26785 30678 31271 33003 33244 1279 1491 2038 2347 2432 4336 4905 6588 7507 7666 8775 9172 10405 12249 12270 12373 12936 13046 13364 15130 17597 22855 27548 32895 620 1897 3775 5552 6799 7621 10167 10172 10615 11367 12093 13241 15426 16623 19467 19792 22069 22370 24472 24594 25205 25954 27800 29422 582 1618 4673 5809 6318 6883 8051 12335 12409 13176 14078 15206 17580 18624 18876 19079 20786 21177 25894 26395 27377 27757 30167 31971 1157 2189 4160 4480 5055 8961 9171 9444 10533 11581 12904 14256 14620 15773 16232 17598 19756 21134 21443 22559 23258 25137 25555 28150 987 1258 1269 2394 4859 5642 5705 6093 6408 7734 8804 10657 11946 16132 20267 25402 26505 26548 27060 29767 29780 31915 31966 33590 1010 1363 1626 5283 6356 10961 12418 14332 14362 16288 16303 16592 17096 20115 20285 20478 21774 22165 22425 23198 25048 25596 31540 32841 895 2743 2912 4971 8803 11183 14500 14617 14638 16776 17901 18622 20244 20845 22214 25676 26161 26281 29978 30392 30922 31542 32038 32443 188 260 411 2823 5512 5645 10019 11856 12671 14273 14673 16091 16169 22333 22934 22945 23542 26503 27159 27279 28277 30114 31626 32722 357 516 3530 4317 8587 9491 10348 11330 13446 14533 15423 17003 17217 19127 20088 20750 21767 22386 24021 27749 29008 29376 30329 32940 2909 3036 4875 9967 10632 12069 12410 14004 14628 15605 15852 18231 18657 19705 20620 22241 29575 29656 31246 32190 32781 33489 33842 34492 4242 5461 5577 7662 11130 13663 17240 17773 18339 19400 22905 24219 25464 25890 26359 27121 27318 27840 30800 32587 32924 33427 33940 34058 421 2222 3457 5257 5600 10147 12754 17380 18854 20333 20345 20752 24578 25196 25638 25725 25822 27610 28006 28563 29632 29973 29991 34166 41 207 1043 4650 5387 6826 7261 8687 9092 10775 11446 12596 16613 19463 20923 24155 24927 25384 26064 27377 28094 32578 32639 34115 1050 5731 15820 16281 26130 29314 5980 6161 14479 22181 22537 32924 7828 9134 11297 17143 25449 29674 8299 10457 14486 21548 22510 32039 1527 7792 10424 19166 29302 29768 5823 13974 21254 21506 25658 29491 6285 9873 12846 14474 17005 29377 1740 4929 8285 20994 32271 34522 12862 16827 22427 23369 27051 30378 4787 10372 10408 12091 20349 26162 6659 22752 24697 28261 28917 32536 6788 15367 21778 28916 30324 33927 7181 12373 21912 24703 28680 34045 2238 4945 14336 19270 29574 33459 10283 15311 17440 24599 24867 28293 324 5264 5375 6581 24348 30288 3112 7656 23825 21624 22318 22633 5284 19790 22758 2700 4039 12576 17028 17520 19579 11914 17834 33989 2199 5502 7184 22 20701 26497 5551 27014 32876 4019 26547 28521 7580 10016 33855 4328 11674 34018 8491 9956 10029 6167 11267 24914 5317 9049 29657 20717 28724 33012 16841 21647 31096 11931 16278 20287 9402 10557 11008 11826 15349 34420 14369 17031 20597 19164 27947 29775 15537 18796 33662 5404 21027 26757 6269 12671 24309 8601 29048 29262 10099 20323 21457 15952 17074 30434 7597 20987 33095 11298 24182 29217 12055 16250 16971 5350 9354 31390 8168 14168 18570 5448 13141 32381 3921 21113 28176 8756 19895 27917 9391 16617 25586 3357 18527 34238 2378 16840 28948 7470 27466 32928 8366 19376 30916 3116 7267 18016 15309 18445 21799 4731 23773 34546 260 4898 5180 8897 22266 29587 2539 23717 33142 19233 28750 29724 9937 15384 16599 10234 17089 26776 8869 9425 13658 6197 24086 31929 9237 20931 27785 10403 13822 16734 20038 21196 26868 13170 27813 28875 1110 20329 24508 11844 22662 28987 2891 2918 14512 15707 27399 34135 8687 20019 26178 6847 8903 16307 23737 23775 27776 17388 27970
 31983. 11. A reception apparatus comprising: processing circuitry configured to decode an LDPC code obtained from data transmitted from a transmission apparatus, the LDPC code being generated based on a check matrix of the LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 8/16, wherein the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including 1850 4176 4190 7294 8168 8405 9258 9710 13440 16304 16600 18184 18834 19899 22513 25068 26659 27137 27232 29186 29667 30549 31428 33634 2477 2543 5094 8081 9573 10269 11276 11439 13016 13327 16717 18042 19362 19721 20089 20425 20503 21396 24677 24722 28703 32486 32759 33630 1930 2158 2315 2683 3818 4883 5252 5505 8760 9580 11867 13117 14566 15639 17273 18820 21069 24945 25667 26785 30678 31271 33003 33244 1279 1491 2038 2347 2432 4336 4905 6588 7507 7666 8775 9172 10405 12249 12270 12373 12936 13046 13364 15130 17597 22855 27548 32895 620 1897 3775 5552 6799 7621 10167 10172 10615 11367 12093 13241 15426 16623 19467 19792 22069 22370 24472 24594 25205 25954 27800 29422 582 1618 4673 5809 6318 6883 8051 12335 12409 13176 14078 15206 17580 18624 18876 19079 20786 21177 25894 26395 27377 27757 30167 31971 1157 2189 4160 4480 5055 8961 9171 9444 10533 11581 12904 14256 14620 15773 16232 17598 19756 21134 21443 22559 23258 25137 25555 28150 987 1258 1269 2394 4859 5642 5705 6093 6408 7734 8804 10657 11946 16132 20267 25402 26505 26548 27060 29767 29780 31915 31966 33590 1010 1363 1626 5283 6356 10961 12418 14332 14362 16288 16303 16592 17096 20115 20285 20478 21774 22165 22425 23198 25048 25596 31540 32841 895 2743 2912 4971 8803 11183 14500 14617 14638 16776 17901 18622 20244 20845 22214 25676 26161 26281 29978 30392 30922 31542 32038 32443 188 260 411 2823 5512 5645 10019 11856 12671 14273 14673 16091 16169 22333 22934 22945 23542 26503 27159 27279 28277 30114 31626 32722 357 516 3530 4317 8587 9491 10348 11330 13446 14533 15423 17003 17217 19127 20088 20750 21767 22386 24021 27749 29008 29376 30329 32940 2909 3036 4875 9967 10632 12069 12410 14004 14628 15605 15852 18231 18657 19705 20620 22241 29575 29656 31246 32190 32781 33489 33842 34492 4242 5461 5577 7662 11130 13663 17240 17773 18339 19400 22905 24219 25464 25890 26359 27121 27318 27840 30800 32587 32924 33427 33940 34058 421 2222 3457 5257 5600 10147 12754 17380 18854 20333 20345 20752 24578 25196 25638 25725 25822 27610 28006 28563 29632 29973 29991 34166 41 207 1043 4650 5387 6826 7261 8687 9092 10775 11446 12596 16613 19463 20923 24155 24927 25384 26064 27377 28094 32578 32639 34115 1050 5731 15820 16281 26130 29314 5980 6161 14479 22181 22537 32924 7828 9134 11297 17143 25449 29674 8299 10457 14486 21548 22510 32039 1527 7792 10424 19166 29302 29768 5823 13974 21254 21506 25658 29491 6285 9873 12846 14474 17005 29377 1740 4929 8285 20994 32271 34522 12862 16827 22427 23369 27051 30378 4787 10372 10408 12091 20349 26162 6659 22752 24697 28261 28917 32536 6788 15367 21778 28916 30324 33927 7181 12373 21912 24703 28680 34045 2238 4945 14336 19270 29574 33459 10283 15311 17440 24599 24867 28293 324 5264 5375 6581 24348 30288 3112 7656 23825 21624 22318 22633 5284 19790 22758 2700 4039 12576 17028 17520 19579 11914 17834 33989 2199 5502 7184 22 20701 26497 5551 27014 32876 4019 26547 28521 7580 10016 33855 4328 11674 34018 8491 9956 10029 6167 11267 24914 5317 9049 29657 20717 28724 33012 16841 21647 31096 11931 16278 20287 9402 10557 11008 11826 15349 34420 14369 17031 20597 19164 27947 29775 15537 18796 33662 5404 21027 26757 6269 12671 24309 8601 29048 29262 10099 20323 21457 15952 17074 30434 7597 20987 33095 11298 24182 29217 12055 16250 16971 5350 9354 31390 8168 14168 18570 5448 13141 32381 3921 21113 28176 8756 19895 27917 9391 16617 25586 3357 18527 34238 2378 16840 28948 7470 27466 32928 8366 19376 30916 3116 7267 18016 15309 18445 21799 4731 23773 34546 260 4898 5180 8897 22266 29587 2539 23717 33142 19233 28750 29724 9937 15384 16599 10234 17089 26776 8869 9425 13658 6197 24086 31929 9237 20931 27785 10403 13822 16734 20038 21196 26868 13170 27813 28875 1110 20329 24508 11844 22662 28987 2891 2918 14512 15707 27399 34135 8687 20019 26178 6847 8903 16307 23737 23775 27776 17388 27970
 31983. 12. A reception method comprising: decoding, by processing circuitry, an LDPC code obtained from data transmitted from a transmission apparatus, the LDPC code being generated based on a check matrix of the LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 8/16, wherein the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including 1850 4176 4190 7294 8168 8405 9258 9710 13440 16304 16600 18184 18834 19899 22513 25068 26659 27137 27232 29186 29667 30549 31428 33634 2477 2543 5094 8081 9573 10269 11276 11439 13016 13327 16717 18042 19362 19721 20089 20425 20503 21396 24677 24722 28703 32486 32759 33630 1930 2158 2315 2683 3818 4883 5252 5505 8760 9580 11867 13117 14566 15639 17273 18820 21069 24945 25667 26785 30678 31271 33003 33244 1279 1491 2038 2347 2432 4336 4905 6588 7507 7666 8775 9172 10405 12249 12270 12373 12936 13046 13364 15130 17597 22855 27548 32895 620 1897 3775 5552 6799 7621 10167 10172 10615 11367 12093 13241 15426 16623 19467 19792 22069 22370 24472 24594 25205 25954 27800 29422 582 1618 4673 5809 6318 6883 8051 12335 12409 13176 14078 15206 17580 18624 18876 19079 20786 21177 25894 26395 27377 27757 30167 31971 1157 2189 4160 4480 5055 8961 9171 9444 10533 11581 12904 14256 14620 15773 16232 17598 19756 21134 21443 22559 23258 25137 25555 28150 987 1258 1269 2394 4859 5642 5705 6093 6408 7734 8804 10657 11946 16132 20267 25402 26505 26548 27060 29767 29780 31915 31966 33590 1010 1363 1626 5283 6356 10961 12418 14332 14362 16288 16303 16592 17096 20115 20285 20478 21774 22165 22425 23198 25048 25596 31540 32841 895 2743 2912 4971 8803 11183 14500 14617 14638 16776 17901 18622 20244 20845 22214 25676 26161 26281 29978 30392 30922 31542 32038 32443 188 260 411 2823 5512 5645 10019 11856 12671 14273 14673 16091 16169 22333 22934 22945 23542 26503 27159 27279 28277 30114 31626 32722 357 516 3530 4317 8587 9491 10348 11330 13446 14533 15423 17003 17217 19127 20088 20750 21767 22386 24021 27749 29008 29376 30329 32940 2909 3036 4875 9967 10632 12069 12410 14004 14628 15605 15852 18231 18657 19705 20620 22241 29575 29656 31246 32190 32781 33489 33842 34492 4242 5461 5577 7662 11130 13663 17240 17773 18339 19400 22905 24219 25464 25890 26359 27121 27318 27840 30800 32587 32924 33427 33940 34058 421 2222 3457 5257 5600 10147 12754 17380 18854 20333 20345 20752 24578 25196 25638 25725 25822 27610 28006 28563 29632 29973 29991 34166 41 207 1043 4650 5387 6826 7261 8687 9092 10775 11446 12596 16613 19463 20923 24155 24927 25384 26064 27377 28094 32578 32639 34115 1050 5731 15820 16281 26130 29314 5980 6161 14479 22181 22537 32924 7828 9134 11297 17143 25449 29674 8299 10457 14486 21548 22510 32039 1527 7792 10424 19166 29302 29768 5823 13974 21254 21506 25658 29491 6285 9873 12846 14474 17005 29377 1740 4929 8285 20994 32271 34522 12862 16827 22427 23369 27051 30378 4787 10372 10408 12091 20349 26162 6659 22752 24697 28261 28917 32536 6788 15367 21778 28916 30324 33927 7181 12373 21912 24703 28680 34045 2238 4945 14336 19270 29574 33459 10283 15311 17440 24599 24867 28293 324 5264 5375 6581 24348 30288 3112 7656 23825 21624 22318 22633 5284 19790 22758 2700 4039 12576 17028 17520 19579 11914 17834 33989 2199 5502 7184 22 20701 26497 5551 27014 32876 4019 26547 28521 7580 10016 33855 4328 11674 34018 8491 9956 10029 6167 11267 24914 5317 9049 29657 20717 28724 33012 16841 21647 31096 11931 16278 20287 9402 10557 11008 11826 15349 34420 14369 17031 20597 19164 27947 29775 15537 18796 33662 5404 21027 26757 6269 12671 24309 8601 29048 29262 10099 20323 21457 15952 17074 30434 7597 20987 33095 11298 24182 29217 12055 16250 16971 5350 9354 31390 8168 14168 18570 5448 13141 32381 3921 21113 28176 8756 19895 27917 9391 16617 25586 3357 18527 34238 2378 16840 28948 7470 27466 32928 8366 19376 30916 3116 7267 18016 15309 18445 21799 4731 23773 34546 260 4898 5180 8897 22266 29587 2539 23717 33142 19233 28750 29724 9937 15384 16599 10234 17089 26776 8869 9425 13658 6197 24086 31929 9237 20931 27785 10403 13822 16734 20038 21196 26868 13170 27813 28875 1110 20329 24508 11844 22662 28987 2891 2918 14512 15707 27399 34135 8687 20019 26178 6847 8903 16307 23737 23775 27776 17388 27970
 31983. 13. A transmission apparatus comprising: processing circuitry configured to perform LDPC coding based on a check matrix of an LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 8/16, wherein the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including 1194 2400 2789 3893 5030 5033 7851 10775 12793 13985 15133 16913 18431 18436 19931 20421 21073 23361 24493 26860 28864 34457 1818 2451 7250 7687 8756 9438 11365 12085 12956 14339 17179 17395 17695 21298 21870 23350 24405 25359 26180 28086 30345 32192 206 4671 5265 6393 7960 9628 9839 11216 11352 12190 15252 15310 16952 17066 19600 21722 22729 25154 26172 27666 28099 34330 769 3876 4330 7293 8230 8431 14839 14856 17227 18920 18964 22763 22860 23184 24350 25709 26099 27143 27330 28311 33058 33640 123 1567 3562 5478 8714 9355 10394 10413 12711 12949 16390 19491 25027 27126 28594 28897 28965 29846 31037 32273 33114 33164 2545 6567 9115 10916 11048 11526 11675 13251 13359 13758 14344 14795 15700 15994 16516 17918 19530 20572 27737 28087 30591 32277 485 1069 1561 1685 2841 3856 6096 6854 7715 10535 18860 19241 21526 23316 24224 24315 25631 29180 31725 33481 33719 33968 279 1102 5684 6114 8078 10368 10912 11442 11889 14611 15192 16193 16779 17454 21249 23471 23517 24226 25910 26237 28126 33541 774 3559 3708 3919 4588 5736 5816 6424 8253 9708 11379 12845 13139 18161 25545 27698 30011 32310 32388 32894 34141 34274 2136 3009 5250 5692 8090 12167 12227 13741 14201 14671 14674 14899 16619 18688 21509 22772 24361 24681 32835 33835 33878 33996 2410 3265 6681 7912 8316 9076 10257 11336 12959 13043 16289 16798 19530 20607 21636 22652 25743 27170 28501 30316 30381 34192 319 528 2926 3212 8888 9526 10802 16128 16206 17305 17542 17850 18019 21127 22494 23945 24080 24901 25540 27434 29640 33300 7616 9188 9326 10429 10455 11285 11787 13435 14037 16175 18470 19131 21639 21810 22423 24599 25018 28546 29069 29715 32689 1910 2775 3753 4013 6351 8865 12978 13683 14512 18254 18521 18897 19077 20010 21623 21634 24967 26045 31096 33597 33984 313 1368 2647 4352 5022 6109 9941 10298 12553 13196 14783 17155 18100 19718 20620 24301 25486 27909 30534 33259 34513 2174 2552 2756 2831 3660 3838 4124 6346 6923 11057 11348 11716 16473 18152 20008 21875 23400 25136 27305 28890 30208 2677 4884 5180 14655 18383 20722 3731 4560 16588 20888 22987 30500 2776 11584 13605 23303 26861 33705 4750 5877 15021 24513 25807 27249 1733 8791 26142 28266 28573 32676 2576 4916 22443 24303 29550 31838 1609 5086 19583 27560 28457 30786 1555 7025 9030 14979 29890 31128 2134 9879 15542 27554 31328 31506 15899 17881 18012 21037 30363 32843 4086 12709 15898 16296 22656 23283 1646 8284 8347 10975 17603 30820 1384 19111 23378 26081 27575 33447 4029 10225 10310 17309 23450 32464 7980 10708 15814 26794 30307 34137 938 1050 16505 21793 23756 27989 12080 17375 25097 4944 8065 26757 17431 31423 33965 2055 9209 32469 1478 9521 21387 29845 30046 33714 9682 12149 23918 11085 19303 21788 4468 15006 21379 5284 20588 20738 8014 17206 25821 10381 20361 28424 4863 11209 17937 20210 20328 20730 13542 19028 22227 11168 20701 30936 12508 16374 24496 6209 16964 33036 6756 28360 31237 23232 30412 30976 203 6872 26370 25583 32239 32339 4739 12433 28074 4738 26426 31737 2011 5339 18941 6232 17052 20823 7607 18826 25953 4954 14425 17019 5940 16709 30710 638 9382 30894 1771 30351 31507 1514 11139 26183 109 18294 34428 4383 26492 34521 1773 14950 16561 27695 31971 32389 18403 28619 30177 18604 20098 25440 12117 18020 27088 3491 22430 32930 13268 25034 27216 915 23504 30680 4058 16335 25867 686 12461 13265 11645 14604 25925 2389 11979 31351 2153 5962 17134 11556 15306 18241 29222 29572 31650 20901 25671 28487 5556 9824 10776 10249 19003 24103 8918 26171 27774 3029 20658 20956 4488 18921 26120 3930 24219 27094 16134 16168 33971 22365 24953 28351 26753 32830 34099 3823 26356 31319 11488 23615 31762 5977 8588 29437 11223 23697 31768 13038 19258
 19346. 14. A transmission method comprising: performing, by processing circuitry, LDPC coding based on a check matrix of an LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 8/16, wherein the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including 1194 2400 2789 3893 5030 5033 7851 10775 12793 13985 15133 16913 18431 18436 19931 20421 21073 23361 24493 26860 28864 34457 1818 2451 7250 7687 8756 9438 11365 12085 12956 14339 17179 17395 17695 21298 21870 23350 24405 25359 26180 28086 30345 32192 206 4671 5265 6393 7960 9628 9839 11216 11352 12190 15252 15310 16952 17066 19600 21722 22729 25154 26172 27666 28099 34330 769 3876 4330 7293 8230 8431 14839 14856 17227 18920 18964 22763 22860 23184 24350 25709 26099 27143 27330 28311 33058 33640 123 1567 3562 5478 8714 9355 10394 10413 12711 12949 16390 19491 25027 27126 28594 28897 28965 29846 31037 32273 33114 33164 2545 6567 9115 10916 11048 11526 11675 13251 13359 13758 14344 14795 15700 15994 16516 17918 19530 20572 27737 28087 30591 32277 485 1069 1561 1685 2841 3856 6096 6854 7715 10535 18860 19241 21526 23316 24224 24315 25631 29180 31725 33481 33719 33968 279 1102 5684 6114 8078 10368 10912 11442 11889 14611 15192 16193 16779 17454 21249 23471 23517 24226 25910 26237 28126 33541 774 3559 3708 3919 4588 5736 5816 6424 8253 9708 11379 12845 13139 18161 25545 27698 30011 32310 32388 32894 34141 34274 2136 3009 5250 5692 8090 12167 12227 13741 14201 14671 14674 14899 16619 18688 21509 22772 24361 24681 32835 33835 33878 33996 2410 3265 6681 7912 8316 9076 10257 11336 12959 13043 16289 16798 19530 20607 21636 22652 25743 27170 28501 30316 30381 34192 319 528 2926 3212 8888 9526 10802 16128 16206 17305 17542 17850 18019 21127 22494 23945 24080 24901 25540 27434 29640 33300 7616 9188 9326 10429 10455 11285 11787 13435 14037 16175 18470 19131 21639 21810 22423 24599 25018 28546 29069 29715 32689 1910 2775 3753 4013 6351 8865 12978 13683 14512 18254 18521 18897 19077 20010 21623 21634 24967 26045 31096 33597 33984 313 1368 2647 4352 5022 6109 9941 10298 12553 13196 14783 17155 18100 19718 20620 24301 25486 27909 30534 33259 34513 2174 2552 2756 2831 3660 3838 4124 6346 6923 11057 11348 11716 16473 18152 20008 21875 23400 25136 27305 28890 30208 2677 4884 5180 14655 18383 20722 3731 4560 16588 20888 22987 30500 2776 11584 13605 23303 26861 33705 4750 5877 15021 24513 25807 27249 1733 8791 26142 28266 28573 32676 2576 4916 22443 24303 29550 31838 1609 5086 19583 27560 28457 30786 1555 7025 9030 14979 29890 31128 2134 9879 15542 27554 31328 31506 15899 17881 18012 21037 30363 32843 4086 12709 15898 16296 22656 23283 1646 8284 8347 10975 17603 30820 1384 19111 23378 26081 27575 33447 4029 10225 10310 17309 23450 32464 7980 10708 15814 26794 30307 34137 938 1050 16505 21793 23756 27989 12080 17375 25097 4944 8065 26757 17431 31423 33965 2055 9209 32469 1478 9521 21387 29845 30046 33714 9682 12149 23918 11085 19303 21788 4468 15006 21379 5284 20588 20738 8014 17206 25821 10381 20361 28424 4863 11209 17937 20210 20328 20730 13542 19028 22227 11168 20701 30936 12508 16374 24496 6209 16964 33036 6756 28360 31237 23232 30412 30976 203 6872 26370 25583 32239 32339 4739 12433 28074 4738 26426 31737 2011 5339 18941 6232 17052 20823 7607 18826 25953 4954 14425 17019 5940 16709 30710 638 9382 30894 1771 30351 31507 1514 11139 26183 109 18294 34428 4383 26492 34521 1773 14950 16561 27695 31971 32389 18403 28619 30177 18604 20098 25440 12117 18020 27088 3491 22430 32930 13268 25034 27216 915 23504 30680 4058 16335 25867 686 12461 13265 11645 14604 25925 2389 11979 31351 2153 5962 17134 11556 15306 18241 29222 29572 31650 20901 25671 28487 5556 9824 10776 10249 19003 24103 8918 26171 27774 3029 20658 20956 4488 18921 26120 3930 24219 27094 16134 16168 33971 22365 24953 28351 26753 32830 34099 3823 26356 31319 11488 23615 31762 5977 8588 29437 11223 23697 31768 13038 19258
 19346. 15. A reception apparatus comprising: processing circuitry configured to decode an LDPC code obtained from data transmitted from a transmission apparatus, the LDPC code being generated based on a check matrix of the LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 8/16, wherein the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including 1194 2400 2789 3893 5030 5033 7851 10775 12793 13985 15133 16913 18431 18436 19931 20421 21073 23361 24493 26860 28864 34457 1818 2451 7250 7687 8756 9438 11365 12085 12956 14339 17179 17395 17695 21298 21870 23350 24405 25359 26180 28086 30345 32192 206 4671 5265 6393 7960 9628 9839 11216 11352 12190 15252 15310 16952 17066 19600 21722 22729 25154 26172 27666 28099 34330 769 3876 4330 7293 8230 8431 14839 14856 17227 18920 18964 22763 22860 23184 24350 25709 26099 27143 27330 28311 33058 33640 123 1567 3562 5478 8714 9355 10394 10413 12711 12949 16390 19491 25027 27126 28594 28897 28965 29846 31037 32273 33114 33164 2545 6567 9115 10916 11048 11526 11675 13251 13359 13758 14344 14795 15700 15994 16516 17918 19530 20572 27737 28087 30591 32277 485 1069 1561 1685 2841 3856 6096 6854 7715 10535 18860 19241 21526 23316 24224 24315 25631 29180 31725 33481 33719 33968 279 1102 5684 6114 8078 10368 10912 11442 11889 14611 15192 16193 16779 17454 21249 23471 23517 24226 25910 26237 28126 33541 774 3559 3708 3919 4588 5736 5816 6424 8253 9708 11379 12845 13139 18161 25545 27698 30011 32310 32388 32894 34141 34274 2136 3009 5250 5692 8090 12167 12227 13741 14201 14671 14674 14899 16619 18688 21509 22772 24361 24681 32835 33835 33878 33996 2410 3265 6681 7912 8316 9076 10257 11336 12959 13043 16289 16798 19530 20607 21636 22652 25743 27170 28501 30316 30381 34192 319 528 2926 3212 8888 9526 10802 16128 16206 17305 17542 17850 18019 21127 22494 23945 24080 24901 25540 27434 29640 33300 7616 9188 9326 10429 10455 11285 11787 13435 14037 16175 18470 19131 21639 21810 22423 24599 25018 28546 29069 29715 32689 1910 2775 3753 4013 6351 8865 12978 13683 14512 18254 18521 18897 19077 20010 21623 21634 24967 26045 31096 33597 33984 313 1368 2647 4352 5022 6109 9941 10298 12553 13196 14783 17155 18100 19718 20620 24301 25486 27909 30534 33259 34513 2174 2552 2756 2831 3660 3838 4124 6346 6923 11057 11348 11716 16473 18152 20008 21875 23400 25136 27305 28890 30208 2677 4884 5180 14655 18383 20722 3731 4560 16588 20888 22987 30500 2776 11584 13605 23303 26861 33705 4750 5877 15021 24513 25807 27249 1733 8791 26142 28266 28573 32676 2576 4916 22443 24303 29550 31838 1609 5086 19583 27560 28457 30786 1555 7025 9030 14979 29890 31128 2134 9879 15542 27554 31328 31506 15899 17881 18012 21037 30363 32843 4086 12709 15898 16296 22656 23283 1646 8284 8347 10975 17603 30820 1384 19111 23378 26081 27575 33447 4029 10225 10310 17309 23450 32464 7980 10708 15814 26794 30307 34137 938 1050 16505 21793 23756 27989 12080 17375 25097 4944 8065 26757 17431 31423 33965 2055 9209 32469 1478 9521 21387 29845 30046 33714 9682 12149 23918 11085 19303 21788 4468 15006 21379 5284 20588 20738 8014 17206 25821 10381 20361 28424 4863 11209 17937 20210 20328 20730 13542 19028 22227 11168 20701 30936 12508 16374 24496 6209 16964 33036 6756 28360 31237 23232 30412 30976 203 6872 26370 25583 32239 32339 4739 12433 28074 4738 26426 31737 2011 5339 18941 6232 17052 20823 7607 18826 25953 4954 14425 17019 5940 16709 30710 638 9382 30894 1771 30351 31507 1514 11139 26183 109 18294 34428 4383 26492 34521 1773 14950 16561 27695 31971 32389 18403 28619 30177 18604 20098 25440 12117 18020 27088 3491 22430 32930 13268 25034 27216 915 23504 30680 4058 16335 25867 686 12461 13265 11645 14604 25925 2389 11979 31351 2153 5962 17134 11556 15306 18241 29222 29572 31650 20901 25671 28487 5556 9824 10776 10249 19003 24103 8918 26171 27774 3029 20658 20956 4488 18921 26120 3930 24219 27094 16134 16168 33971 22365 24953 28351 26753 32830 34099 3823 26356 31319 11488 23615 31762 5977 8588 29437 11223 23697 31768 13038 19258
 19346. 16. A reception method comprising: decoding, by processing circuitry, an LDPC code obtained from data transmitted from a transmission apparatus, the LDPC code being generated based on a check matrix of the LDPC code with a code length N of 69120 bits and a code rate r of 8/16, wherein the LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits, the check matrix includes an information matrix section corresponding to the information bits and a parity matrix section corresponding to the parity bits, the information matrix section is represented by a check matrix initial value table, and the check matrix initial value table is a table indicating positions of elements of 1 in the information matrix section on a basis of 360 columns, the table including 1194 2400 2789 3893 5030 5033 7851 10775 12793 13985 15133 16913 18431 18436 19931 20421 21073 23361 24493 26860 28864 34457 1818 2451 7250 7687 8756 9438 11365 12085 12956 14339 17179 17395 17695 21298 21870 23350 24405 25359 26180 28086 30345 32192 206 4671 5265 6393 7960 9628 9839 11216 11352 12190 15252 15310 16952 17066 19600 21722 22729 25154 26172 27666 28099 34330 769 3876 4330 7293 8230 8431 14839 14856 17227 18920 18964 22763 22860 23184 24350 25709 26099 27143 27330 28311 33058 33640 123 1567 3562 5478 8714 9355 10394 10413 12711 12949 16390 19491 25027 27126 28594 28897 28965 29846 31037 32273 33114 33164 2545 6567 9115 10916 11048 11526 11675 13251 13359 13758 14344 14795 15700 15994 16516 17918 19530 20572 27737 28087 30591 32277 485 1069 1561 1685 2841 3856 6096 6854 7715 10535 18860 19241 21526 23316 24224 24315 25631 29180 31725 33481 33719 33968 279 1102 5684 6114 8078 10368 10912 11442 11889 14611 15192 16193 16779 17454 21249 23471 23517 24226 25910 26237 28126 33541 774 3559 3708 3919 4588 5736 5816 6424 8253 9708 11379 12845 13139 18161 25545 27698 30011 32310 32388 32894 34141 34274 2136 3009 5250 5692 8090 12167 12227 13741 14201 14671 14674 14899 16619 18688 21509 22772 24361 24681 32835 33835 33878 33996 2410 3265 6681 7912 8316 9076 10257 11336 12959 13043 16289 16798 19530 20607 21636 22652 25743 27170 28501 30316 30381 34192 319 528 2926 3212 8888 9526 10802 16128 16206 17305 17542 17850 18019 21127 22494 23945 24080 24901 25540 27434 29640 33300 7616 9188 9326 10429 10455 11285 11787 13435 14037 16175 18470 19131 21639 21810 22423 24599 25018 28546 29069 29715 32689 1910 2775 3753 4013 6351 8865 12978 13683 14512 18254 18521 18897 19077 20010 21623 21634 24967 26045 31096 33597 33984 313 1368 2647 4352 5022 6109 9941 10298 12553 13196 14783 17155 18100 19718 20620 24301 25486 27909 30534 33259 34513 2174 2552 2756 2831 3660 3838 4124 6346 6923 11057 11348 11716 16473 18152 20008 21875 23400 25136 27305 28890 30208 2677 4884 5180 14655 18383 20722 3731 4560 16588 20888 22987 30500 2776 11584 13605 23303 26861 33705 4750 5877 15021 24513 25807 27249 1733 8791 26142 28266 28573 32676 2576 4916 22443 24303 29550 31838 1609 5086 19583 27560 28457 30786 1555 7025 9030 14979 29890 31128 2134 9879 15542 27554 31328 31506 15899 17881 18012 21037 30363 32843 4086 12709 15898 16296 22656 23283 1646 8284 8347 10975 17603 30820 1384 19111 23378 26081 27575 33447 4029 10225 10310 17309 23450 32464 7980 10708 15814 26794 30307 34137 938 1050 16505 21793 23756 27989 12080 17375 25097 4944 8065 26757 17431 31423 33965 2055 9209 32469 1478 9521 21387 29845 30046 33714 9682 12149 23918 11085 19303 21788 4468 15006 21379 5284 20588 20738 8014 17206 25821 10381 20361 28424 4863 11209 17937 20210 20328 20730 13542 19028 22227 11168 20701 30936 12508 16374 24496 6209 16964 33036 6756 28360 31237 23232 30412 30976 203 6872 26370 25583 32239 32339 4739 12433 28074 4738 26426 31737 2011 5339 18941 6232 17052 20823 7607 18826 25953 4954 14425 17019 5940 16709 30710 638 9382 30894 1771 30351 31507 1514 11139 26183 109 18294 34428 4383 26492 34521 1773 14950 16561 27695 31971 32389 18403 28619 30177 18604 20098 25440 12117 18020 27088 3491 22430 32930 13268 25034 27216 915 23504 30680 4058 16335 25867 686 12461 13265 11645 14604 25925 2389 11979 31351 2153 5962 17134 11556 15306 18241 29222 29572 31650 20901 25671 28487 5556 9824 10776 10249 19003 24103 8918 26171 27774 3029 20658 20956 4488 18921 26120 3930 24219 27094 16134 16168 33971 22365 24953 28351 26753 32830 34099 3823 26356 31319 11488 23615 31762 5977 8588 29437 11223 23697 31768 13038 19258
 19346. 